Uzi Narkiss

Uzi Narkiss
Narkiss in 1959
Native name	עוזי נרקיס
Born	January 6, 1925 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died	December 17, 1997 (Aged 72) Jerusalem, Israel
Buried	Jerusalem, Israel (Mount Herzl)
Allegiance	Palmach,  Israel
Awards	War of Independence Ribbon Sinai War Ribbon Six-Day War Ribbon Legion of Honour

Uzi Narkiss (Hebrew: עוזי נרקיס; January 6, 1925 – December 17, 1997) was an Israeli general. Narkiss was commander of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) units in the Central Region during the 1967 Six-Day War. Narkiss appears in the famous photograph of Defense Minister Moshe Dayan flanked by Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin taken in the Old City of Jerusalem shortly after its capture from Jordanian forces.^[1]