Moshe Levy () is an author, and a survivor of the Israeli destroyer "Eilat". Moshe was born in

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in 1948. In 1951, he fled as a child with his parents from Iraq in an airlift organised by Israel, where he now lives with his family. At age 18, after graduating high school, he was drafted into the Israeli navy and volunteered to serve aboard destroyer "Eilat". The night in 1967 shortly after the

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that "Eilat" was attacked by Egyptian SS-N-2 Styx missiles, he was one of the survivors of the initial attack that sank the ship. Many of those who survived the initial attack were subsequently killed by other missiles, secondary explosions, or succumbed to sheer exhaustion. His story about the personal trauma, desperation, loneliness and anxiety in those tragic night hours are brought together in a book, written by Moshe Levy, called "The 48th Soul." The reason for naming his book "The 48th Soul" (or "Haneshama ha 48" in Hebrew) is explained in the book. Levy is an insurance consultant and a speaker, invited by organizations in Israel to come and tell his personal story. He also worked as a journalist with the weekly publication: " Magazine HaMoshavot" in central Israel. He had a weekly column that became very popular and had many followers. Later on Moshe decided to go back to his main passion of writing books. In July 2015 he published his book: "Sylvie Doesn't Fit" short stories from life.

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The 48th Soul
True story of the Israeli warship "Eilat".
Israeli Navy Ship "Eilat"
"The 48th Soul" by Moshe Levy.
Moshe Levy
Moshe Levy – Writer and columnist in Israel. {{DEFAULTSORT:Levy, Moshe Iraqi emigrants to Israel Iraqi Jews in Israel 1948 births Living people Israeli memoirists 20th-century Iraqi writers 20th-century Israeli writers