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Yishai Zimmerman, legendary Unit 101 fighter and war hero, dies at 93
Yishai Zimmerman, one of the final remaining members of Israel's elite Unit 101 from the 1950s, has passed away at the age of 93. Throughout his remarkable life, he earned the Medal of Courage for bravery in the Sinai Peninsula and was wounded in subsequent major conflicts. Remembered for his daring personality, Zimmerman famously flew a Cessna aircraft out of Beirut during the 1982 Lebanon War, an unauthorized stunt that resulted in military detention. Loved ones remember him as a courageous and fiercely independent spirit.