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2023-06-05T13:01:52.718Z

Highlights: The heroine of the attack at the Savoy Hotel, Kochava Levy, who died last year without recognition of her heroism, will be commemorated in the national memory. The Neot Hovav Council will inaugurate a street in her name tomorrow. In March 1975, a squad of eight terrorists infiltrated a hotel in Tel Aviv and held hostages. Three IDF soldiers and 3 hostages were killed in the attack. Kochava was staying at the hotel and was caught up in the incident. She volunteered to mediate between the kidnappers and the Israeli security forces and translate their words from Hebrew to Arabic.


The heroine of the attack at the Savoy Hotel, Kochava Levy, who died last year without recognition of her heroism, will be commemorated in the national memory, when the Neot Hovav Council will inaugurate a street in her name tomorrow


Kochava Levy z"l (Photo: IDF Archives and the Security Establishment, photographers in the camp, courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson)

After she passed away in 2019 without receiving the recognition she deserved, the Neot Hovav Council announces that tomorrow (Tuesday) the first street in Israel will be erected to commemorate Kochava Levy, the heroine of the attack at the Savoy Hotel.

In March 1975, a squad of eight terrorists infiltrated a hotel in Tel Aviv and held hostages. Three IDF soldiers and 3 hostages were killed in the attack. Kochava Levy, who was staying at the hotel and was caught up in the incident, demonstrated extraordinary resourcefulness and heroism when she volunteered to mediate between the kidnappers and the Israeli security forces and translate their words from Hebrew to Arabic. It managed to conceal from the terrorists the deployment of the forces and even persuaded them to release a critically wounded man and saved his life.

Following a series of misunderstandings and chauvinistic attitudes that were also voiced in the media about her star (who was staying that night with the person she was having an affair with), she was nicknamed "the prostitute who stayed at the hotel". In this, instead of glorifying her heroism and heroic deeds, there was a preoccupation with the cheap gossip from the terrible attack. Kochava dealt with the trauma alone, without the help of the state that had forgotten her. An event that greatly overshadowed her life.

Kochava Levy z"l (Photo: IDF Archives and the Security Establishment, photographers in the camp, courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson)

In 2022, 3 years after her star Levi passed away without being recognized for her heroism, the film "Savoy" was released directed by Zohar Wagner and starring actress Dana Ivgi. The film, which traces Kochava's heroic actions, sparked an extensive public debate about Kochava's absence from the national memory and public sphere in Israel, and even led to protests by women's organizations demanding that she be commemorated.

Erez Badash, head of Neot Hovav's council, who watched the film, decided that as soon as he had the opportunity he would commemorate its work. After he was appointed head of the council, the opportunity came - the Rehovot Names Committee approved his proposal and tomorrow, as stated, the first street in Israel will be designated in memory of Kochava Levy z"l. The ceremony will be attended by her daughter, grandchildren, family members and other senior officials.

Council head Erez Badash welcomed the move, saying regarding the street named after Kochava Levy, z"l, that "after a thorough discussion in the committee for choosing street names, it was decided to dedicate to purifying her name and making her memory worthy."

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Kochava Levy z"l (Photo: courtesy of the family, family album)

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