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The Medal of Courage (Itur HaOz) is an Israeli military decoration
Israeli Military decorations

The Israeli Military decorations are the decorations awarded to soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces who exhibit extraordinary bravery and courage....
.

The medal was established in 1970 by act of law in the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and can also be awarded also for actions done before 1970.

The medal is awarded for an act of gallantry at the risk of life, during fulfillment of combat duty.

To this day 220 awards have been made, the latest were in 2005 after a period of 23 years in which the medal was not awarded.






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The Medal of Courage (Itur HaOz) is an Israeli military decoration
Israeli Military decorations

The Israeli Military decorations are the decorations awarded to soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces who exhibit extraordinary bravery and courage....
.

The medal was established in 1970 by act of law in the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and can also be awarded also for actions done before 1970.

The medal is awarded for an act of gallantry at the risk of life, during fulfillment of combat duty.

To this day 220 awards have been made, the latest were in 2005 after a period of 23 years in which the medal was not awarded. In 2007 it was announced that the medal would be awarded to six soldiers who fought during the Second Lebanon War. Two recipients have been awarded the medal twice.

Design

The medal was design by Dan Reisinger
Dan Reisinger

Dan Reisinger is an Israelis designer of graphics, exhibitions, and stage sets.He was born in Kanji?a, Yugoslavia , into a family of painters and decorators active in Austria-Hungary and the Balkans....
, on the obverse there are six crossed swords and between them an olive branch. the reverse is plain.

The medal is attached to a red ribbon symbolizing the fire and blood in battle. Officially, two time recipients of the medal wear a small clasp in the form of the medal on its ribbon. In practice, Rav Aluf Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak is a former Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces, Member of the Knesset andTransportation Minister of Israel and Tourism Minister of Israel....
 (the only person to be awarded the medal twice whilst still alive) wore two ribbons.

The medal is minted by the Israel Government Coins and Medals Corporation, is made of 25 gram silver/935 and the clasp is chrome plated metal.

Notable recipients

  • Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
    Amnon Lipkin-Shahak

    Amnon Lipkin-Shahak is a former Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces, Member of the Knesset andTransportation Minister of Israel and Tourism Minister of Israel....
     two time recipient.
  • Oved Ladishinsky two time recipient.
  • Meir Har-Zion
    Meir Har-Zion

    Meir Har-Zion is an Israeli military Commando fighter. He is famous for serving in Unit 101 of the Israel Defense Forces. He was once Israel's most decorated soldier before that title was taken by former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak....
     received the medal for his conduct during a raid in 1956.
  • Rafael Eitan
    Rafael Eitan

    Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member Cabinet of Israel....
     received the medal for his conduct during a raid to Syria
    Syria

    Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
     in 1955.
  • Shmuel Gonen
    Shmuel Gonen

    Shmuel "Gorodish" Gonen was an Israeli general and Chief of the Israeli Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War....
     received the medal for his conduct during the Sinai War.
  • Meir Dagan
    Meir Dagan

    Meir Dagan is an Israel Defense Forces officer and current Director of the Mossad. Born Meir Huberman in the Soviet Union in 1945, Dagan is the son of Holocaust survivors....
     received the medal for his disarming a terrorist in 1971.
  • Yitzhak Mordechai
    Yitzhak Mordechai

    Yitzhak Mordechai was an Israeli general, and later Defense Minister of Israel and Transportation Minister of Israel. He retired from political life in 2000 after being indicted for sexual misconduct during his military service....
     received the medal for his conduct during the Yom Kippur War
    Yom Kippur War

    The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973 by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel....
    .
  • Yossi Ben Hanan
    Yossi Ben Hanan

    Aluf Yossi Ben Hanan was born in Jerusalem 1945. His father, Michael Ben Hanan, was a famous public figure in Israel, known among other things- as one of the first live show broadcasters in Kol Israel ....
     received the medal for his conduct during the Yom Kippur War.
  • Roi Klein
    Roi Klein

    Roi Klein was a Major in the Golani Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces. Klein was killed in the Battle of Bint Jbeil during the 2006 Lebanon War after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers....
     was posthumously the medal for jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers during the Second Lebanon War.