Benny Peled

Benjamin "Benny" Peled
Benjamin "Benny" Peled
	Benny Peled
Birth name	Binyamin Weidenfeld
Born	April 18, 1928; Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Died	July 13, 2002 (aged 74)
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Israeli Air Force
Years of service	1948–1977
Rank	Aluf
Commands held	Israel Air Force, Hatzor Airbase
Battles/wars	1948 Arab-Israeli War, Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Operation Entebbe
Other work	President of Elbit Systems

Benny Peled (Hebrew: בני פלד; April 18, 1928 – July 13, 2002) was the commander of the Israeli Air Force during the Yom Kippur War and Operation Entebbe.^[1] He retired with the rank of Aluf (major general).

^ "Maj-Gen Benjamin Peled". The Independent. 2002. Retrieved 2008-11-09.^{[dead link]}