Jayar Davidov

Israeli police officer (died 2023)

Jayar Davidov (Hebrew: ג'יי אר דוידוב; 8 October 1979 – 7 October 2023) was an Israeli police officer who was a police commander in Rahat and a Chief Superintendent in the Israel Police.[1] Davidov was killed in the stand-off in Ofakim during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[2]

Career

Davidov began his service as an officer with the Israel Border Police and later served as head of the police station in Ramat Negev and as Intelligence Officer in Be'er Sheva.[3]

In 2019, he was appointed commander of the Central Unit of Lakhish, one of the three units comprising the South District. Within the scope of the region were the top organized crime syndicates, including numerous mafia organizations originating from Russia, Georgia and the Caucasus, as well as local Israeli crime bosses. With dozens of indictments against high-profile felons and their physical removal from the region, he was "the terror of organized crime in Israel".[4] In 2021, the Central Unit under his command was awarded a citation of excellence by the Police Commissioner.[5] In December 2022, he assumed position as chief of police in the city Rahat, the only municipality in Israel of the Bedouin community with the status of a city.

Death

On 7 October 2023, he was killed along with three of his officers in a shooting battle with Palestinian militants in the vicinity of Ofakim during the outbreak of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. At the time of his death, he was designated to lead the founding of a new Central Unit for the entire South District.[6] At the time of his death, Davidov was a Chief Superintendent.

References

  1. ^ עצוב: מפקד תחנת רהט ג'ייאר דוידוב נהרג בקרב עם מחבלים Archived 7 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ "The Chief of the Rahat police, Sen. Giyar Davidov, was killed today". Cedar News (in Arabic). 8 October 2023. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ שלישיית האחים שמייבשת את הסמים בישראל Archived 9 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ כך הפך מפקד ימ"ר לכיש, ג'י.אר דוידוב, לאימת העבריינים הבכירים בישראל Archived 9 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
  5. ^ "בפעילותכם סיכלתם טרור עברייני חסר מעצורים" Archived 9 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
  6. ^ ג'יי אר דוידוב, מפקד משטרת רהט, נהרג בקרב ליד אופקים (in Hebrew)
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