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The Israeli General Staff or General Headquarters (Hebrew: המטה הכללי של צה"ל), abbreviated Matkal (מטכ"ל), is the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is based in the Kirya compound (Rabin Camp) in Tel Aviv .
Deputy Chief. The Chief of the General Staff, also known as the Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Defense Forces ( Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַמַּטֶּה הַכְּלָלִי, romanized : Rosh hamateh haklali, abbreviated Ramatkal — רמטכ"ל ), is the professional head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The current Chief of the General ...
National Defense University ( MA) Spouse (s) Sharon. Children. 4. Herzl " Herzi " Halevi ( Hebrew: הרצל "הרצי" הלוי; born 17 December 1967) is the Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on 16 January 2023. [ 1] He previously served as the commander of the Israeli Southern Command ...
Aviv Kohavi ( Hebrew: אביב כוכבי; born 23 April 1964) was the 22nd Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on January 15, 2019. Before becoming Lieutenant General ( Rav-Aluf ), he was commander of the Gaza Division, commander of the Northern Command, commander of the Paratroopers Brigade and ...
Gadi Eisenkot. Gadi Eisenkot ( Hebrew: גדי איזנקוט; born 19 May 1960), also spelt Eizenkot, is an Israeli general and politician from the Israeli National Unity party. He served as the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2015 to 2019 and from 2023 to 2024, as a minister without portfolio in Israel's unity government.
Moshe Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין ; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new ...
David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, proclaims the State of Israel, 14 May 1948. David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. His first order was the formation of the IDF – The Israel Defense Forces. The IDF was based on the personnel who had served in the Haganah and ...
Yoav Gallant. Yoav Gallant ( Hebrew: יוֹאָב גָּלַנְטְ; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and retired military general. A member of the Knesset for Likud, he has served as Minister of Defense since 2022. Gallant is a former commander of the Southern Command in the Israel Defense Forces. In January 2015, he entered ...