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When they were not relieved as expected at 04:00 on 8 June the unit perceived that it was exposed to possible attack and – on its own initiative – assaulted a nearby Vichy police station capturing it in a firefight. He had been in ill-health since 1980 after he was diagnosed with colon cancer late that year.
The fourth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–58) he became a fighting symbol to the world of the new State of Israel. He went on to become Defense Minister and later Foreign Minister of Israel. MoMoshe Dayan Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician.