Eliezer Toledano ( he, אליעזר טולדנו; born 12 October 1973) is an Israeli

Aluf ''Aluf'' ( he, אלוף, lit=champion or "First\leader of a group" in Biblical Hebrew; ) is a senior military rank in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral. ...

(

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) who served as the commander of the

Paratroopers Brigade The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...

Military Secretary to the Prime Minister The Military Secretary to the Prime Minister ( he, המזכיר הצבאי של ראש הממשלה, ''HaMazkir HaTzva'i Shel Rosh HaMemshala''), is the senior military adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel on military and national security issu ...

, and the commander of the

Gaza Division The Israel Defense Forces Gaza Division (Territorial), is subordinate to the Southern Regional Command. Its area of operation is the Gaza Strip and the area surrounding it. The division's commander is Brigadier-General Eliezer Toledano. The Gaz ...

. He serves as the commander of the Southern Command.

Military career

In 1990, Toledano became an

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officer after completing

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, and was drafted into the

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(IDF) in 1991. He served as 890 "Efe" (Echis) Paratroop Battalion Executive Officer during

Operation Defensive Shield Operation "Defensive Shield" ( he, מִבְצָע חוֹמַת מָגֵן, ''Mivtza Homat Magen'', literally "Operation Shield Wall") was a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in 2002 during the Second Intifada ...

, led 101st "Peten" (Elapidae) paratroop battalion in counter-terror operations during the

Second Intifada The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinian uprising against Israel. ...

. Later on he commanded Maglan Unit in the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...

. Afterwards he served as the Executive Officer of the

Judea and Samaria Division The Israel Defense Forces 877th Judea and Samaria Division ( he, אוּגְדָּת אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, ; also known as the West Bank Division) is a regional division in the Israeli Central Command. It is res ...

and as the commander of a Reserve Paratroopers Brigade. During

Operation Protective Edge The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ), was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territories, Pale ...

, under his command, the 35th

was assigned to operate in

Khan Yunis Khan Yunis ( ar, خان يونس, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus; translation: ''Caravansary fJonah'') is a city in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Yunis had a population of 142,6 ...

. It had located and destroyed four of Hamas' terror tunnels and killed 141 terrorists. Afterwards he was appointed as the

.Head of IDF Paratroopers named as Netanyahu aide

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, August 15, 2015. In October, 2018, he was named commander of the IDF's

, and filled this role until August, 2020. During his cadence he led the

through the

2018–2019 Gaza border protests The 2018–2019 Gaza border protests, by the organiser called the Great March of Return ( ar, مسیرة العودة الكبرى, Masīra al-ʿawda al-kubrā), were a series of demonstrations held each Friday in the Gaza Strip near the Gaz ...

and various military operations and clashes versus the terror organizations

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and the

Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين, ''Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn''), known in the West simply as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian Islamist par ...

. The most prominent of those are

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, Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019), and the

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. In March 2021 he was appointed to be the commander of the Southern Command, and led the operation Guardian of the Walls right after his appointment.

References

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