Shahar Varon

Biography

Lives in

Lapid (community settlement, Modi'in Regional Council)

Service

Maj. (res.); company commander in the Maglan unit and the Paratroopers Brigade; served 12 years in elite units

Public roles

One of the founders of the nonprofit "Katef el Katef" for reservists; leads the BeYachad party's plan for treating IDF soldiers wounded in body and mind; after returning from the fighting he worked to raise enlistment rates and opposed exemption from conscription for Haredim

Milestones

On October 7, 2023, without waiting for orders, he went south with his soldiers on his own initiative and fought in Sderot and Kfar Aza; he was severely wounded later in the fighting in the Gaza Strip