Tal Rousso (; born 1959) is a general 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 ...

, serving in the reserves. He heads the IDF's

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 ...

. He also served as an MK for the Labor Party. Rousso was born in

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

Hulata Hulata ( he, חוּלָתָה) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz was established in 1937 as a fishing ...

in northern Israel and drafted into the IDF in 1978.IDF Profile
He served with the Israeli Air Force special forces unit Shaldag until discharged in 1981, but returned in 1982 to command a squad during the

1982 Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

. That same year he received his officer's ranks, and then continued to advance up the chain of command, spending much of his early career in the special forces. During 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 ...

Rousso served as the Assistant of the Head of the Operations Directorate in special missions. In October 2006 Chief of Staff Dan Halutz recommended Rousso to replace Operations Directorate head Gadi Eizenkot, who had been promoted to head of Northern Command. Rousso's promotion was subsequently approved by Defense Minister Amir Peretz. In October 2010, Rousso was appointed as commander of the Southern Command. He oversaw Operation Pillar of Defense, before retiring in April 2013. During his career Rousso earned a BA in political science from the University of Haifa and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rousso, Tal 1959 births Living people Israeli generals Israeli Labor Party politicians University of Haifa alumni Tel Aviv University alumni Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)