David Shaltiel (hebrew: דוד שאלתיאל, {B. 16 January 1903 Berlin - 1969 Jerusalem) was an Israeli military and intelligence officer, later also diplomat, and was most well known for being the district commander of the Haganah in Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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