Tamir Yadai is an Israeli major general ( aluf) who commands the Ground Forces Command.

Biography

Yadai joined the IDF in 1988, and was deployed in the 51st Battalion of the

Golani Brigade The 1st "Golani" Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת גּוֹלָנִי) is an Israeli military infantry brigade that is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. It is one of the five infantry brigade ...

. He graduated the officer training course as a combat officer and infantry commander. Afterwards he returned to the 51st Battalion and was assigned as a platoon commander. Subsequently, he was assigned to be a company commander in the 51st Battalion. He was then appointed Lieutenant Commander of the 12th Battalion. He later served as an officer of the

. He was then appointed Chief of staff to the

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Deputy Chief of Staff, Shaul Mofaz. On March 1, 1998, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the 13th Battalion. During the post, he led a force in the pursuit of a Hamas terrorist in the Hebron region, and was wounded in a collision. As a result of his injury, he was reassigned as the commander of the ''egoz'' unit in 2000, and led the unit to fight, in Operation Defensive Shield, including the siege and capture of the Muqata in

Ramallah Ramallah ( , ; ar, رام الله, , God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the ''de facto'' administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains, north of Jerusale ...

. On June 3, 2002, he was promoted to Colonel and appointed commander of ''baram'' and served in the post until 2004. After graduation, he was appointed commander of the Golani Brigade on September 4, 2005, and commanded the division, among others, during the Second Lebanon War including

Battle of Bint Jbeil The Battle of Bint Jbeil was one of the main battles of the 2006 Lebanon War. Bint Jbeil (, Bint Jubayl) is a major town of some 20,000 (mainly Shia) inhabitants in Southern Lebanon. Although Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch announced on 25 July that the ...

, where the brigade fighters hit about 40 Hezbollah terrorists, and at the end of the battle he led the rescue of the eight killed from the 51st Battalion. Due to budgetary and operational constraints, he served until August 27, 2008. After twenty years of service in the Golani Brigade, he left to study. On July 1, 2009, he was promoted to Brigadier General and appointed commander of the 80th Division. In August 2011, he commanded IDF and Israel Police counter terrorism forces who were summoned to the division, following a terrorist attack in southern Israel, in which 6 civilian police officers and a soldier were killed. along with another 30 injured civilians. On April 4, 2013, he was appointed Commander of the Yeshua Division 1 2 and commanded the division, in Operation "Return Brothers", in which position he served until August 5, 2015. At the end of the position he left for academic studies. Commanders On February 2, 2017, he was promoted to the rank of Major General and on February 5 took up his position as commander of the Home Front Command, leading it during the first outbreak of the coronavirus in Israel. Yadai was appointed to serve as Commander of the Central Command in July 2020. In October 2021 He was appointed as commander of the Ground Forces Command..Gal Perl Finkel
Nonetheless, We Need to Maneuver
INSS Insight No. 1584, April 3, 2022. Yadai lives in Kfar Saba, married to Yifat and father of three.

References

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