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 ...

i General Staff or General Headquarters ( he, המטה הכללי של צה"ל), abbreviated Matkal (מטכ"ל), is the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces. 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 Aviv Kochavi * 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 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. He graduated the officer training course as a combat o ...

* Commander of the Air Force – Aluf

Tomer Bar Aluf Tomer Bar ( he, תומר בר; born 1969) is an Israeli general and current commander of the Israeli Air Force. Before his selection to succeed Amikam Norkin as commander of the IAF, Bar served as head of the IDF Force Design Directorate, a ...

* Commander of the Navy – Aluf

David Saar Salama David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

Directorates

*Head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf

Oded Basyuk Oded is a Hebrew name meaning "encouragement". People with the name Oded: *Oded Baloush, Israeli footballer *Oded Brandwein (born 1988), Israeli-Polish professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, Israeli Premier League ...

*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. It can be described as t ...

– Aluf Aharon Haliva *Head of the

Technological and Logistics Directorate The Israeli Technological and Logistics Directorate (acronym: Atal) is a directorate in the Israeli General Staff, General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, responsible for its logistics responses and tasks, and in particular: the building of mi ...

– Aluf Mishel Yanko *Head of the Manpower Directorate – 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 Ori Gordin (Hebrew: אורי גורדין born in July 1969) is an IDF Major General (Aluf), who serves as the commander of the Northern Command. Previously, he served as the commander of the Home Front Command, commander of the 98th Paratrooper ...

*Aluf in-charge of the Central Command – Aluf

Yehuda Fuchs Yehuda Fox (also Yehuda Fuchs, he, יהודה פוקס) (born 10 April 1969) is an Israeli major general who currently commands the Central Command. Previously he has commanded the Gaza Division of Israel Defense Forces. Military career Fox ...

*Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command – Aluf Eliezer Toledano *Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command – Aluf Rafi Milo

Other

* Military Secretary to the Prime Minister – 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 unit – Aluf Itai Veruv * Commander of the Northern Corps and Head of Maneuver Array – Aluf Saar Tzur * 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 The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) is a unit in the Israeli Ministry of Defense that engages in coordinating civilian issues between the Government of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces, international organizati ...

– Aluf Ghassan Elian *

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 f ...

of the

Military Court of Appeals The Israeli Military Court of Appeals is the supreme military court of the Israel Defense Forces. It considers and judges over appeals submitted by the Military Advocate General which challenge decisions rendered by the District Military Tribuna ...

– Aluf

Orli Markman Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series '' The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), '' The Two Towers'' (2002), ...

Military Advocate General The Military Advocate General (MAG Corps') ( he, הפרקליטות הצבאית, ''HaParklitut HaTzva'it'') is responsible for implementing the rule of law within the Israel Defense Forces. The unit's objectives include integrating the rule of l ...

– 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 – 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 – Tat-Aluf Gil Pinchas

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 governmen ...

of the

Ministry of Defense {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...

– Aluf (Res.)

Amir Eshel Amir Eshel ( he, אמיר אשל; born 1959) is a former Israeli general who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force and currently serves as Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Biography Amir Eshel was born in Jaffa. His ...

* Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.)

Yair Volansky Yair may refer to: *A spelling variant of the Jewish name Jair or Ya'ir * Yair (name), list of people with the name Yair * Yair, Scottish Borders, a location in Scotland {{disambig ...

*Head of Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Danny Gold

References

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