Yitzhak Ben-Bashat

Yitzhak Ben-Bashat
Ben-Bashat in 2018
Native name
עלי יצחק בן בשט
NicknameBenba
Born1979 (1979)
Halamish, Israel
Died (aged 44)
Allegiance Israel
Branch Israel Defense Forces
Service years2001–2023
RankAluf Mishne (Colonel)
Conflicts

Eli Yitzhak Ben-Bashat (Hebrew: עלי יצחק בן בשט; 1979 – 12 December 2023) was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer with the rank of Colonel. He served as the commander of the Yiftach Brigade, the commander of the Paran Brigade, a team commander at the Tactical Command College, and the commander of the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion.

On 12 December 2023 he was killed in the Gaza war. He, along with Asaf Hamami, Roi Levy and Yonatan Steinberg are the most senior IDF officers killed in this war.