Chief-of-Staff Gadi Eizenkot of the Israel Defense Forces has decided to personally award the rank of colonel to Lieutenant Colonel Shai Siman Tov, commander of the staff at the Tactical Command College, as a sign of appreciation for his work and rehabilitation.
Lieutenant Colonel Shai Siman Tov was mortally wounded by the collapse of a tunnel beam during 2014's Protective Edge counterterror operation, when he commanded the Barak Battalion of the Golani Brigade. At the end of a long rehabilitation process, he returned to service in October 2015 and today serves as a team commander at the college.