Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

General Staff A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military un ...

or General Headquarters ( he, המטה הכללי של צה"ל), abbreviated Matkal (מטכ"ל), is the supreme command of the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

. It is based in the Kirya compound (Rabin Camp) in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Members

The majority of members in the General Staff Forum are officers ranked as Aluf and heads of the following military and civilian bodies:

Chief

* Chief of the General Staff –

Rav 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. ...

Aviv Kochavi Rav-Aluf (Lieutenant General) Aviv Kochavi ( he, אביב כוכבי; born 23 April 1964) is the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, having taken the oath of office on January 15, 2019. He was the commander of the Gaza Division, ...

* Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Aluf

Amir Baram Amir Baram ( he, אמיר ברעם; born 22 July 1969) is an Israeli general (aluf) who serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the IDF He previously served as the commander of the Northern Command, commander of the IDF Military Colleges, com ...

Arms

* Commander of GOC Army Headquarters – Aluf Tamir Yadai * Commander of the Air Force – Aluf Tomer Bar * Commander of the Navy – Aluf David Saar Salama

Directorates

*Head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf Oded Basyuk *Head of the

Intelligence Directorate Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can be ...

– Aluf

Aharon Haliva Aharon Haliva ( he, אהרון חליוה; born 1967) is an Israeli Major general (Aluf) who commands the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel). Military service Haliva was drafted into the IDF in 1985. He volunteered as a paratrooper ...

*Head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate – Aluf Mishel Yanko *Head of the

Manpower Directorate The Israeli Personnel Directorate (, ''Agaf Koakh Adam'', abbreviated to AKA), formerly called the Manpower Directorate and the Human Resources Directorate, is the Israel Defense Forces body that holds responsibility for planning and coordination ...

– Aluf Yaniv Asor *Head of the Planning and Multi-Domain Force Design Directorate – Aluf Yaakov Banjo *Head of the Computer Service Directorate – Aluf Eran Niv *Head of the Strategy and Third-Circle Directorate – Aluf Tal Kalman

Commands

*Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command – Aluf Ori Gordin *Aluf in-charge of the Central Command – Aluf Yehuda Fuchs *Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command – Aluf

Eliezer Toledano Eliezer Toledano ( he, אליעזר טולדנו; born 12 October 1973) is an Israeli Aluf (major general) who served as the commander of the Paratroopers Brigade, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the commander of the Gaza Division. H ...

*Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command – Aluf

Rafi Milo Rafael David (Rafi) Milo ( he, רפאל דוד "רפי" מילוא; born April 17, 1972) is an Israel Defense Forces major general (Aluf) who currently serves as the commander of the Homefront Command. Milo previously served as the commander o ...

Other

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 ...

– Aluf Avi Gil * Commander of the

Depth Corps The Depth Corps ( he, מפקדת העומק, ''lit.'' Depth Headquarters) of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is a command formed in 2011 to coordinate the IDF's long range operations and operations deep in enemy territory. The command originally ...

and of the

IDF Military Colleges The IDF Military Colleges is a centralized educational unit of the Israeli Defence Forces under the command of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, General Staff. Since 2019 its commander is ''aluf'' Itai Veruv. It was established in 19 ...

unit – Aluf Itai Veruv * Commander of the Northern Corps and Head of Maneuver Array – Aluf

Saar Tzur Saar or SAAR has several meanings: People Given name *Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player *Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist *Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor Surname * Ain Saar (born 1968), Esto ...

* Commander of the General Staff Corps and Head of Education and Training Command – Aluf

Moti Barukh Moti or MOTI may refer to: Names * Mordecai (disambiguation), a Hebrew given name, abbreviated Moti * Motilal (disambiguation), an Indian given name often abbreviated Moti People * Moti (DJ) (Timotheus "Timo" Romme, born 1987), Dutch DJ and mu ...

* Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – Aluf

Ghassan Elian The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

of the Military Court of Appeals – Aluf Orli Markman * Military Advocate General – Aluf

Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi Yifat ( he, יִפְעַת, more accurately romanized as "Yif'at") is a kibbutz in Galilee, northern Israel. Located adjacent to the town Migdal HaEmek and short distances from the cities of Afula and Nazareth. It falls under the jurisdiction of J ...

IDF Spokesperson The IDF Spokesperson's Unit ( he, דובר צה"ל, ''Dover Tsahal'', abbr. Dotz) is the unit in the IDF Operations Directorate, responsible for information policy and media relations. The unit is led by the IDF Spokesperson, a brigadier general an ...

– Tat-Aluf

Ran Kochav Ran Kochav "RanKo" ( he, "רן כוכב "רנכו; born July 6, 1971) is an Israel Defense Forces brigadier general (Tat-Aluf) who was the IDF Spokesperson, as the commander of the Israeli Air & Missile Defense Forces and as the chief general of ...

*The

Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff is a role assumed by the head of the Budgeting Directorate of Israel’s Ministry of Defense. The Advisor is responsible for handling the budgeting for the Israel Defense Forces arms, the financial plan ...

– Tat-Aluf

Gil Pinchas Gil or GIL may refer to: Places * Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name * Gil, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Hil, Azerbaijan, also spelled ''Gil, a village in Azerbaijan * Hiloba, also spelled ''Gil, ...

Civilian

Director-general A director general or director-general (plural: ''directors general'', ''directors-general'', ''director generals'' or ''director-generals'' ) or general director is a senior executive officer, often the chief executive officer, within a government ...

of the Ministry of Defense – Aluf (Res.) Amir Eshel * Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Yair Volansky *Head of

Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry The Israel Ministry of Defense - Directorate of Defense Research & Development (IMOD DDR&D) ( he, מינהל למחקר ,פיתוח אמצעי לחימה ותשתית טכנולוגית), abbreviated Maf'at (מפא"ת), is a joint administrative b ...

– Tat-Aluf (Res.) Danny Gold

References

"The General Staff," official list
Staff (military) Military units and formations of Israel {{Israel-mil-stub