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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 Staff is Herzi Halevi.
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 ...
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 .
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.
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 ...
Gabi Ashkenazi. Gabriel " Gabi " Ashkenazi ( Hebrew: גבי אשכנזי; born 25 February 1954) [ 1] is an Israeli politician and former military leader. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [ 2][ 3] He was the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2007 to 2011. Ashkenazi served as a member of Blue and ...
Benjamin " Benny " Gantz ( Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, pronounced [binjaˈmin ˈbeni ˈɡant͡s]; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the Minister of Defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between ...
A commission of inquiry which investigated the matter found Major General Meir Zorea, Senior Staff Officer, and Major General Yehoshafat Harkabi, Chief of Military Intelligence, responsible for the fiasco, and the two resigned their posts. 1960. Tensions between Israel and Syria continued over the following months.