Who is the General who survived death three times among the soldiers sent to Somalia?

Who is the General who survived death three times and was once among the soldiers sent to Somalia

Since entering the desert in 1971, he rose from the rank of foot soldier to become a division commander (or military unit). He has encountered life-threatening incidents more than three times.

General Yohannes, known as John Medid, was the commander of the central forces until he retired in 2010, at which time Abiy Ahmed took power.

He led the Tigray forces as the overall commander and participated in the first and second Tigray wars, until the day he surrendered to the Ethiopian army.

According to the conditions at that time, John Medid, born and raised in the countryside, in 1954, in the Adet-Nader district of the Aksum area, did not have any educational opportunities before he moved to the wilderness.

In an interview he gave, he said, "My parents live in the countryside, and they are farmers."

He was the sixth child among six girls and six boys, making a total of 12 children.

John Medid, who initially tried to join the TPLF organization, was told he was still a child and was sent back home.

However, in 1978, he encountered and joined the TPLF fighters during the war that took place in the Aksum countryside, and a few months later he entered continuous training.

He was trained at a training center located in my town, Adi Zeba, where many rural youth participated.

The training program was referred to as a presentation training because there were members sent from the Derg who were jointly training and were ultimately presented, as reported by VOA.

His biography indicates that when he went to the front line, there were three divisions of the TPLF, and he was assigned to the 80th Division led by Samora Yenus.