"Yoel Ben-Frant"

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YOEL BEN-FORT (8 MAY 1931 - 28 MARCH 2007) WAS A SUB-ALUF IN THE IDF. DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, HE SERVED AS THE COMMANDER OF THE IAEA'S SIGNALS UNIT (A UNIT OF 848), WHICH WAS THEN KNOWN AS THE OBSERVATORY UNIT.

BIOGRAPHY

HIS EARLY YEARS.
YOEL BEN-FORT WAS BORN AS JOEL WEINOV IN THE CITY OF SCALAT, EAST OF POLAND (ALONG TRANNOPOL, TODAY IN UKRAINE) IN 1931, TO JOSEPH WEINOV AND MILINA (QUEEN) TO THE HOUSE OF BAAR. HIS FATHER WAS HEADED BY THE GORDONIA MOVEMENT IN THE CITY. IN 1941 THE AREA WAS CONQUERED BY NAZI GERMANY AND THE CITY WAS LIBERATED BY THE SOVIETS IN MARCH 1944. BEN FORRE'S FAMILY WAS MURDERED IN THE HOLOCAUST IN 1942, AND HE SURVIVED IN THE GHETTO, IN A LABOR CAMP AND FOREST. AFTER THE WAR, HE JOINED THE YOUNG GUARD MOVEMENT, AND AS PART OF IT IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL IN APRIL 1947 (THE "MOTHERLAND" LOBBY), WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE DETENTION CAMPS IN CYPRUS UNTIL DECEMBER 1947.

MILITARY CAREER
IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, HE FOUGHT IN THE HANDS OF MORDECHAI, THEN VOLUNTEERED FOR THE BATTALION OF THE GUARD CORPS AND WAS APPOINTED WITH A GASEOUS FIRST. IN 1950 HE JOINED THE IDF AND SERVED AS A RESEARCH OFFICER IN THE EGYPTIAN SECTOR OF THE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT. MOST OF HIS SERVICE WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION UNIT (A UNIT OF 848, CINCINN, WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE 8200 UNIT). IN 1956, THE COMMANDER OF A MOBILE LISTENING TEAM WAS APPOINTED AS PART OF THE WADE HEADQUARTERS. IN THIS ROLE HE SERVED IN A HOLY OPERATION. IN 1957, HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF A NETWORK.

ON 26 NOVEMBER 1966, TWO WEEKS AFTER AN OPERATION FROM A VERSION, IT WAS RECORDED BY A UNIT OF 848 TELEGRAMS, WHICH WAS FORMULATED AS A COMMAND BY THE GENERAL COMMANDER OF THE UNITED ARAB HEADQUARTERS, TO THE COMMANDERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF ALL ARAB COUNTRIES. THE ORDER WAS TO PUT THEIR POWERS ON FULL ALERT. THE KNOWLEDGE WAS REPORTED TO THE FACTORS OF AM AND AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE IDF ON ALERT (NAME OF THE CODE). IN ANOTHER REVIEW OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND AFTER NO MOVES WERE SEEN IN ARAB FORCES THE ALERT WAS CANCELED. THE ADDITIONAL TEST OF KNOWLEDGE INDICATED A MISTAKE IN WESTERN TRANSLATION. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ERROR, GENERAL YOEL BEN-FRANT TOOK ON HIMSELF, THE COMMANDER OF THE PROFESSIONAL FRAMEWORK RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IN THE UNIT, THE RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE RESILIENCE OF THE HEAD OF AMTAN AARON ADVERSARY. THE OPPONENT REJECTED THE RESIGNATION. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN EVENT THAT DID NOT CAUSE DISASTER, BUT ONLY FOR ALERT (WHICH INVOLVED CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL SPENDING), THE SON-INTEGRATION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE INTELLIGENCE FORCE PROVED. A RIVAL CHAMPION GREATLY APPRECIATED THE PERSONALITY AND SKILLS OF BEN-FRANT, AND EXPLAINED THAT A COMPETENT AND QUALITY OFFICER SHOULD NOT BE LOST BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE, WHOSE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED.

IN 1968, THE CHAIR OF THE TEL AVIV COLLECTION DEPARTMENT, ABRAHAM ARNON. IN THIS ROLE HE SERVED IN THE WAR OF ACCREDITATION. IN 1971, HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY COMMANDER OF UNIT 848, AND IN 1972 HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER OF UNIT 848, AT THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL, AND COMMANDED DURING THE PERIOD PRECEDING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR AND DURING THE WAR. BEN FORTE ARGUED THAT BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR, HE TRIED TO ALERT THE HEAD OF AMMAN, ELI ZHA, AND THE HEAD OF A RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, HIS LION, WHO WAS ABOUT TO BREAK UP A WAR, BUT THOSE IGNORED HIS WARNINGS. AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN A FERTILE SON AND ZARA, WHO HAS BEEN PUBLISHED EVEN THOUGH HIS DETAILS ARE STILL KEPT SECRET, DEALT WITH THE QUESTION OF THE OPERATION OF AM’AN’S “SPECIAL MEANS” IN EGYPT, FOR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION THAT WILL ENABLE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE EGYPTIAN ARMY’S MOVEMENTS ARE PREPARING FOR WAR, OR IS A DRILL. A FERTILE SON DEMANDED TO OPERATE THE "SPECIAL MEANS", BUT WAS ANSWERED BY A MINIATURE. ACCORDING TO BEN FORT, FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE WAR, MIYARA ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO RAISE 150 TO 200 RESERVE PERSONNEL TO HIS UNIT, BUT ZHA REFUSED. A DAY BEFORE THE WAR, IN THE FRIDAY CORRIDOR, THE COMMANDER ANNOUNCED THE PLANNED WAR AND THE SPECIAL RADIO SLOGANS FOR THE RETURN TO THE BASE.

HE SERVED AS AN IDF SPOKESPERSON FROM 1976 TO 1977, SERVED AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY COLLEGE, AND WAS THE DEPUTY IDF ATTACHÉ IN WASHINGTON.

FOLLOWING THE DAY WAR