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Jacob Sika Aharoni (February 21, 1921 – November 21, 2022) was an IDF fighter, publicist, educator, journalist, poet, and writer. During the Mandate period, he blew the shofar at the Western Wall despite the prohibition. participated in an operation in Iraq that saved many Jews during the Farhud period.

Aharoni was born in 1921 to Rabbi Yitzhak Aharoni. In his youth, he was a trainee in the Beitar youth movement. He participated in the operation in Iraq in which IDF commander David Raziel was killed. Yaakov Meridor and Yaakov Terzi also participated in this action. Risking their lives and with success, Yaakov Sika Aharoni and Yaakov Terazi completed the operation that led to the entry of the British into Iraq and the rescue of the Jewish community from the Parhud riots.

He wrote prose, fiction, poems, articles, and thoughts on various platforms, including "Maariv,"  "Yediot Ahronoth,"  "Hatzofa,"  "Barkai,"  "Mahot,"  "Nativ," and "Hauma."