13 Facts About Binyamin Peled

Benny Peled was the commander of the Israeli Air Force during the Yom Kippur War and Operation Entebbe.

Binyamin Peled was born Binyamin Weidenfeld in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine, and Hebraized his name to Peled.

Binyamin Peled's father, Arie Weidenfeld, was a member of a family who came to Israel during the First Aliya from Romania, and settled in Rosh Pinna.

Binyamin Peled's father worked in the public works department of the British mandate government and was responsible, among other things, for building airfields.

Binyamin Peled was the eldest son, and had a younger brother and sister.

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Binyamin Peled studied in Gymnasia Herzelia and his teachers included Shaul Tchernichovsky, Yehuda Burla and Zvi Nishri, who educated him in the spirit of Zionism and democracy.

Binyamin Peled then became a pilot and fought in the Independence war.

Binyamin Peled commanded the first Meteor, Ouragan and Mystere squadrons.

In 1956 Binyamin Peled participated in Operation Kadesh, the Suez or Sinai campaign, in which his Mystere jet was shot down by Egyptian anti-aircraft fire and he became the first Israeli pilot to use an ejector seat.

Binyamin Peled was a base commander during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Binyamin Peled became commander of the IAF in 1973 when he was 45 years old.

In 1978, Binyamin Peled became the president of Elbit Systems, a position he held until 1985.

Binyamin Peled was played by John Saxon in the film Raid on Entebbe.