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received the medal in 1965 for his conduct in battle (Levy
Incident) for retrieving the body of a fellow member of the 601 (Levy) who had been killed while in his tractor plowing the border between Israel, Syria and Lebanon. Provda retrieved the body under heavy fire from enemies despite having
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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
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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,
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was posthumously awarded the medal for jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers during the Second
Lebanon War.
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was awarded the medal for his conduct during
Operation "Hargol" (also known as Tawfiq raid) in 1960.
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received the medal for his conduct as a paratrooper platoon leader during a raid in 1956.
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215:(the only person to be awarded the medal twice whilst still alive) wore two ribbons.
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50:"Performing a valorous and life-risking deed while executing a combat role"
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received the medal for his conduct during the Yom Kippur War.
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received the medal for disarming a terrorist in 1971.
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received the medal for his conduct during a raid to
235:. Two recipients have been awarded the medal twice.
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307:received the medal for his conduct during the
291:received the medal for his conduct during the
220:Israel Government Coins and Medals Corporation
342:Gallantry Medals & Awards of the World
358:Military awards and decorations of Israel
263:company commander during a raid in 1956.
259:received the medal for his conduct as a
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68:Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces
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162:Medal of Distinguished Service
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330:sustained a serious injury.
218:The medal is minted by the
187:Israeli military decoration
86:; 54 years ago
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201:The medal was designed by
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269:was a double recipient.
133:Medal of Courage ribbon
247:is a double recipient.
59:Israel Defense Forces
245:Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
213:Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
42:Military decoration
344:, pp. 108–109
239:Notable recipients
233:Second Lebanon War
148:Next (higher)
305:Yitzhak Mordechai
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158:Next (lower)
76:Currently awarded
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340:John D. Clarke,
267:Oved Ladishinsky
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171:Medal of Courage
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115:Total recipients
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33:Medal of Courage
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315:Yossi Ben Hanan
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363:Courage awards
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309:Yom Kippur War
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152:Medal of Valor
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257:Meir Har-Zion
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203:Dan Reisinger
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99:First awarded
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289:Shmuel Gonen
273:Rafael Eitan
261:Paratroopers
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55:Presented by
327:Paul Provda
81:Established
65:Eligibility
47:Awarded for
352:Categories
335:References
321:Dov Tamari
299:Amir Drori
251:Meir Dagan
226:Recipients
179:עיטור העוז
143:Precedence
22:עיטור העוז
293:Sinai War
283:Roi Klein
183:Itur HaOz
279:in 1955.
210:Rav Aluf
185:) is an
191:Knesset
89: (
197:Design
175:Hebrew
73:Status
277:Syria
107:Total
16:Award
169:The
102:1973
91:1970
84:1970
39:Type
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110:220
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