Moshe "Chiko" Tamir (; born 1964) is an Israeli brigadier general who commanded the

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of the

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Military service

Tamir was drafted into the IDF in 1982 and did his military service in the

Golani Brigade The 1st "Golani" Brigade (, ''Hativat Golani'') is an Israeli military infantry brigade. It is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. It is one of the five infantry brigades of the regular Is ...

, of which he became commander in 2001–2003. He served as a soldier, a

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in the brigade's 13th Battalion. In 1984 he became an infantry officer after finishing the officer candidates' school, and returned to the Golani Brigade. Tamir led the Brigade's reconnaissance company, the 12th Battalion and Egoz Unit in counter-guerrilla operations in

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. For his actions as the commander of Egoz Unit, Tamir received the Head of Regional Command (Aluf) Citation. Afterwards he commanded a regional brigade in South Lebanon. Tamir commanded the

during the

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, including during

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. Later on he commanded the

.Moshe Tamir
Dilemmas of Warfare in Densely Populated Civilian Areas
" Military and Strategic Affairs", Volume 4, No. 2, September 2012. Tamir was forced to resign from the IDF because of an incident in which he tried to cover up an accident involving his young son joyriding in a military all-terrain vehicle. He was court-martialed and subsequently

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References

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