Ben-Zion Leitner
Ben-Zion Leitner ( 1927 – March 25, 2012) was an Israeli soldier, who received the nation's highest military decoration, the Hero of Israel citation (now the Medal of Valor), for heroism during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

He led an assault that blew up of a bunker at a police position in Iraq Suwaydan, in which half of his face became paralysed.
He was a native of Odessa

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1920s births
2012 deaths
Israeli soldiers
Israeli military personnel of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Military personnel from Odesa
Odesa Jews
Recipients of the Medal of Valor (Israel)
Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine