Retired Israeli general Aviezer Yaari died today at the age of 96, the military announces.
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaari, born in 1930, served in the IDF for nearly four decades, with his last role being head of the National Security College in 1986.
He joined the military in 1948, initially serving in the Golani Infantry Brigade.
In 1973, while serving as head of the Syria, Lebanon and Iraq desk in the Military Intelligence Directorate, Yaari was reprimanded for suggesting several days before the Yom Kippur War that the Egyptian and Syrian military exercises then underway might well be preparations for a combined strike.
He later served as the intelligence officer of the Northern Command and head of the Research Division in the Intelligence Directorate.
Yaari is survived by three daughters.
He is set to be buried on Wednesday in Kibbutz Merhavia.
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