According to this internal IDF understanding, the chief of staff would have appointed the commanders of various divisions to investigate their own teams should the war last long enough that investigations could not be delayed till the war’s end. In a similar vein of staving off internal fights ...
chief of staffmilitaryGeneral StaffOperations Branchoperationsmilitary managementframeworkIDF General Staff planning processes relate to two primary areas: force buildup and force deployment. The fundamentals of military doctrine of any army, and particularly the IDF, necessitate full synchronization between ...
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. landed in Israel this evening (Sunday), and is due to meet with IDF Chief of Staff LTG Herzi Halevi as well as additional members of the IDF General Staff Forum. The commanders will discuss security and strategic is...
In October 2006, Eizenkot became head of the Northern Command, replacing Maj. Gen. Udi Adam, who resigned amid criticism over his conduct in the Second Lebanon War. Eizenkot will replace the current Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, in February. (Arutz Sheva’s North American ...
Netanyahu Refuses to Promote 'Messianic' IDF General Favored by His Wife Sara Israeli prime minister opposed promoting Maj. Gen. David Zini to be his military secretary. It was reported this week that Sara Netanyahu wanted him to be a ...
The lead candidate to replace Halevi is Eyal Zamir, who currently serves as Defense Ministry director-general, is a former deputy IDF chief and came in second place during the last race for chief of staff. Zamir was also the favored candidate of Netanyahu at the time, though Yair Lapid was...
Chief of General Staff, IDF , the Israeli Supreme Court (Court) unanimously dismissed two petitions by six human rights NGOs who challenged the rules of engagement (RoE) governing Israel Defense Forces (IDF) activities in clashes near the fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel between March...
Army Central Command, or CENTCOM -- visited Israel this weekend to meet with Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the IDF wrote on X Sunday. The two commanders "held a situational assessment on security-strategic issues and jo...
The IDF’s General Staff has been on high alert recently due to the war in Gaza, discussions about the prisoner exchange deal, and other anticipated changes within the General Staff. Yadai was considered a future candidate for deputy chief of staff. However, according to assessments, current ...
the general who later became chief of staff, on his appointment as the commander of the Northern Command. “Somehow it happened that all those officers who used to gather around the conference table of Paratroopers Brigade commander Col. Shaul Mofaz, today head all the most sensitive and importa...