Aharon Haliva ( he, אהרון חליוה; born 1967) is an Israeli

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(

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) who commands the IDF's

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Military service

Haliva was drafted into the IDF in 1985. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade, and in 1985 became an

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officer after completing

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. Haliva fought as a

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at the 202 paratroop battalion in

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in Lebanon. Later on he led 202 paratroop battalion in

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and during the Second Intifada. Afterwards he commanded the Paratroopers Brigade's training base and the

55th Paratroopers Brigade 55th Paratroopers Brigade, also known as "''Tip of The Spear Brigade''" ( he, עֻצְבַּת חוד החנית, ''Utzbat Hod Ha-Hanit''), is a reserve-service infantry Brigade in the Israeli Defense Forces. History The 55th Paratrooopers Brigad ...

. Later on he led the Efraim Regional Brigade in counter-terror operations and commanded the IDF's Officer Candidate School (Bahad 1). Then he was assigned as the commander of the 35th Paratroopers Brigade. He commanded the 98th Paratroopers Division, the Operations Division of the IDF's

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and in 2016 he was appointed head of the IDF's

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Gili Cohen Gili Cohen ( he, גילי כהן; born June 19, 1991) is an Israeli retired Olympic judoka. In 2013, she won the silver medal at the European U23 Championships, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2014 European Judo Championships. She comp ...

Israel's Social Protests Undermined Military Training, Says IDF Reserve Commander
Haaretz, February 13, 2012.

References

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