Ben-Zion Leitner

Ben-Zion Leitner (c. 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