tenure as Chief of Staff, he presided over Operation Wooden Leg, the Israeli raid on the PLO headquarters in Tunis and the airlifting of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in Operation Moses and Operation Joshua. While serving as Chief of Staff and after retiring from the army, Levy lived in Kibbutz Beit Alfa in northern Israel. In his last years, he was the founding chairperson of the supervisory board of Highway 6, also known as the Trans-Israel Highway. Levy was married twice and was survived by five children and five grandchildren. In 2002, Levi suffered a stroke and was hospitalized at Tel HaShomer Medical Center. He was left with limited mobility and relied on a wheelchair, but continued to remain in the public eye. On January 1, 2008, Levy suffered a massive stroke and was hospitalized at HaEmek Medical Center in Afula, and died eight days later of a brain aneurysm. He was buried at Kibbutz Beit Alpha. His funeral was attended by government officials and hundreds who knew and worked with him. Eight generals served as his pallbearers. Popular culture In a sketch by the HaGashash HaHiver comedy trio, Moshe Levy is referred to as Musa Wanus (Moshe and a half in Arabic). In 2008, the Government Company for Medals and Coins in Israel produced a medal with its portrait See also List of Israel's Chiefs of the General Staff References External links Obituary in The Times, 17 January 2008 1936 births 2008 deaths Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Israeli Jews People from Tel Aviv Deaths from intracranial aneurysm