July 26, 2006 (aged 31) Bint Jbeil, Southern Lebanon
Allegiance
Israel
Service/branch
Israel Defense Forces
Rank
Major
Unit
Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade
Commands held
Deputy battalion commander
Battles/wars
South Lebanon conflict Second Intifada 2006 Lebanon War
Battle of Bint Jbeil (DOW)
Awards
Medal of Courage
Roi Klein (Hebrew: רועי קליין; IPA:[ʁoˈʕiklain]; (July 10, 1975—July 26, 2006) was an Israeli major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces (and one of its most highly decorated soldiers) who died during the 2006 Lebanon War.[1] Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers.[1]
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RoiKlein (Hebrew: רועי קליין; IPA: [ʁoˈʕi klain]; (July 10, 1975—July 26, 2006) was an Israeli major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces...
sides taking heavy losses. Three senior Israeli officers, including Major RoiKlein, were killed in the battle. Hezbollah similarly lost several commanders...
in which eight soldiers were killed including the battalion commander RoiKlein. As a result, the battalion was awarded a citation, however, towards the...
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been traditional for Jews to say the Shema as their last words. In 2006 RoiKlein, a major in the Israel Defense Forces, said the Shema before jumping on...
Jbeil. During the Battle, a hand grenade was thrown over the wall, Major RoiKlein jumped on the live grenade and muffled the explosion with his body. Eight...
Eitan received the medal for his conduct during a raid to Syria in 1955. RoiKlein was posthumously awarded the medal for jumping on a grenade to save his...
fierce battle, the battalion suffered eight killed, including his deputy RoiKlein, and twenty wounded. For their activity during the war, the battalion...
the Battle of Bint Jbeil. One of the casualties of Bint Jbeil was Major RoiKlein, a friend and commander of Chetboun's, who famously jumped on a grenade...
Australian rules footballer Roy L. Kline, United States Marine Corps general RoiKlein, Israeli major This disambiguation page lists articles about people with...
engagements, the most memorable was the Battle of Bint Jbeil in which RoiKlein, the deputy-battalion-commander was killed together with seven officers...
winner, fall. Rolf Arthur Hansen, 86, Norwegian government minister. RoiKlein, Israeli IDF Major, won Medal of Courage. Darrell Martinie, 63, American...
return". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 October 2014. Kais, Roi (19 November 2010). "Yair Klein freed from jail, returns to Israel". Ynetnews. YNet News...
department Brabant-le-Roi, commune in the Meuse department Brabant-lès-Villers (1973–1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and Villers-aux-Vents...
La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972), and Monsieur Klein (1976). Over the course of his career Delon worked with many directors,...
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roi Niokhobaye Fatou Diène Diouf et le roi Sibiloumbaye Diédhiou cultivent la paix." By Absa Diongue (15 My 2023)[7] (retrieved: 27 March 2024) Klein...
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