Emmanuel Moreno

Emmanuel Yehuda Moreno (; June 17, 1971 – August 19, 2006), was an Israeli Lieutenant Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces' most elite unit, Sayeret Matkal (also known as the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, or Unit 269), who died in combat at the end of the Second Lebanon War.

Biography

Moreno was born in Paris, one of five sons born to Ilan and Sylvia Moreno.

Moreno took part in the 2006 Lebanon War and was killed at the war's end, after the ceasefire had already been announced. His unit had been operating in the Bekaa Valley when it was exposed and came under heavy fire, killing him.

The publication of Moreno's photograph is banned by the Israeli Military Censor. He remains the only Israeli soldier whose photographs have been forbidden for publication after his death. In 2018, a recording of Moreno's voice was publicized, taken from the ceremony where Moreno was granted his Lieutenant Colonel rank.

Moreno was married to Maya, whom he met in Neve Dekalim. The couple had three children: Aviya, Neria, and Noam-Yisrael.