{"id":33307,"date":"2025-03-12T06:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T06:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33307"},"modified":"2025-03-12T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T06:05:51","slug":"ono-graduate-appointed-as-regional-commander-of-israels-fire-and-rescue-service","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-graduate-appointed-as-regional-commander-of-israels-fire-and-rescue-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Graduate Appointed as Regional Commander of Israel\u2019s Fire and Rescue Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-33308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Fire-Department-Graduate-3.25.jpg\" alt=\"Deputy Fire Commander and Ono Graduate Tzion Shenkor appointed Regional Fire and Rescue Commander\" width=\"552\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Fire-Department-Graduate-3.25.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Fire-Department-Graduate-3.25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/Fire-Department-Graduate-3.25-218x218.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h3><strong>Ono Graduate Appointed as Regional Commander of Israel\u2019s Fire and Rescue Service<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Ono Academic College congratulates Deputy Fire Commander Tzion Shenkor, a graduate of the college\u2019s Bachelor of Business Administration program, on his appointment as Commander of the Fire and Rescue Service in the Judea and Samaria Region.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Tzion Shenkor was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Israel as a youth. He made history in 2009 as the first Ethiopian-Israeli to become a battalion commander in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), leading the Shimshon battalion in the Kfir Brigade. Shenkor began his career as a paratrooper, rising through ranks as platoon commander, company commander, and deputy battalion commander. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he served notably during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. His achievement marked a milestone for Ethiopian integration in Israeli society.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Congratulations and good luck \ud83d\udc9a<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Photo: TOPLIST<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Academic College congratulates Deputy Fire Commander Tzion Shenkor, a graduate of the college\u2019s Bachelor of Business Administration program, on his appointment as Commander of the Fire and Rescue Service in the Judea and Samaria Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":33308,"menu_order":70,"template":"","class_list":["post-33307","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}