Israeli General Staff

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The Israeli General Staff (Hebrew: המטה הכללי של צה"ל), abbreviated Matkal (מטכ"ל), is the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Chief 1.2 Arms 1.3 Branches 1.4 Commands 1.5 Other 1.6 Civilian

[edit] Members

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

[edit] Chief

• The Chief of the General Staff — Dan Halutz
• The Deputy Chief of the General Staff — Moshe Kaplinsky

[edit] Arms

• The commander of GOC Army Headquarters — Benjamin Gantz
• The commander of the Air Force — Elyezer Shkedy
• The commander of the Sea corps — David Ben Ba'ashat

[edit] Branches

• The head of the Operations Directorate — Tal Roso
• The head of the Intelligence Directorate — Amos Yadlin
• The head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate — Avi Mizrahi
• The head of the Human Resources Directorate — Elazar Stern
• The head of the Planning Directorate — Yitzhak Harel
• The head of the Computer Service Directorate — Ehud Shani

[edit] Commands

• The Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command — Gadi Eizenkot
• The Aluf in-charge of the Central Command — Yair Nave
• The Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command — Yoav Galant
• The Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command — Yitzhak Gershon

[edit] Other

• The commander of the Military Academies — Gershon Hacohen
• The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories — Yosef Mishlav
• The IDF Spokesperson — Miri Regev
• The Military Advocate General — Avichai Mendelblit
• The President of the Military Court of Appeals — Yishai Be'er

• The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff — Moshe Lipel
• The Military Secretary of the Prime Minister — Gadi Shamni

[edit] Civilian

• The Director-general of the Ministry of Defense — Gabi Ashkenazi
• The Defense Establishment Comptroller — Yossi Beinhorn
• The head of the Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry — Shmuel Keren

	Israel Defense Forces
Arms, Commands, Branches, Corps
Arms: Navy (Sea Arm) | Air Force (Air and Space Arm) | Ground Forces (GOC Army Headquarters)
Commands: Northern | Central | Southern | Home Front
Branches: General Staff | Military Intelligence | Human Resources | Computer Service | Technology and Logistics | Operations | Planning
Consultants & attachés to the General Staff: Financial advisor | Womens' Affairs advisor | Rabbinate | Military Advocate General | Court of Appeals | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
IDF corps
Ground forces corps: Infantry | Armor | Artillery | Engineering | Field Intelligence
Infantry brigades: Paratroopers | Golani | Nahal | Givati | Kfir | Bislmach
Combat support & rear-line corps: Ordnance | Medical | Intelligence | C4I | Education | Adjutant | Logistics | Military Police | General
IDF insignia
Berets, Units symbols and Uniform | Ranks | Decorations
Additional Information
History of the Israel Defense Forces | Ministry of Defense | Military equipment | Israel Defense Forces checkpoint | Israeli military prison
See Also
Security Forces | Mossad | Shabak | Police | Border Police | Intelligence Community | Security Council | Foreign & Defense Committee