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Herzi Halevi

Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi is the current IDF chief of staff, having replaced Aviv Kohavi.

 THEN-IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz attends a meeting in the Knesset, 2013.

The necessary fixes the IDF needs for the long wars of the coming decade

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in Gaza's Khan Yunis April 3, 2024

Ben-Gvir reportedly slammed for questioning why surrendering Hamas men were arrested, not killed

 Commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva speaks at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 5, 2022.

Taking responsibility: IDF Intelligence head, Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva, resigns from the IDF

Maj.-Gen. Hertzi Halevi chosen as next Deputy Chief of Staff, November 2020.

Halevi: Israel will respond to Iran’s missile attack

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023.

Halevi: 'Iranian attack will be met with response'

Israel Air Force drills with foreign forces in the "Blue Drill" exercise in October 2021.

Netanyahu asks IDF to provide 'target options' for Iranian attack

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a meeting with CENTCOM Commander, General Michael "Erik" Kurilla

Senior American general to visit Israel in light of looming Iranian attack

By Barak Ravid
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (left) and MK Avi Maoz (Right)

Deputy minister against IDF chief of staff: 'Dismiss him immediately'

By YAKI ADAMKER
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister Benny Gantz hold a joint press conference at the Defense Ministry, in Tel Aviv, November 11, 2023.

Netanyahu, Gallant, IDF chief Halevi cannot be trusted, must all be ousted

By ITZHAK BRIK
 Commanding Officer of the Southern Command Yaron Finkelman at Shifa Hospital, March 23, 2024.

Herzi Halevi to reprimand commander of IDF southern command over WCK killings

 IDF operates at Shifa Hospital in Gaza, March 31, 2024.

IDF launches attack on Islamic Jihad HQ inside central Gaza hospital

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (left,) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

IDI poll: Public ranks Netanyahu’s performance ‘poor’; Halevi ranked ‘excellent’

 INCOMING IDF Chief of Staff Bezalel Smotrich is seen diminutively standing on his tip-toes next to a rather annoyed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Purim Shpiel: Smotrich appointed IDF chief of staff, lowers height requirements for soldiers

By Eve Old
 Israeli soldiers inspect the Al Shifa hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, November 15, 2023

Israel targeting Hamas leaders in Gaza's Shifa Hospital, IDF chief says

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen on February 13, 2024

IDF chief Herzi Halevi expected to resign before year's end

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi

This is when IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi will resign, Maj.-Gen. says

By 103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE
  Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a news conference after announcing that he will sign an order to seize Palestinian Authority funds and transfer them to the families of victims of Palestinian attacks, at Israel's Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, January 8, 2023.

Smotrich's misstep in politicizing the IDF - editorial

 IDF 98th Division commander Dan Goldfus

Clash of Titans: IDF brass and politicians lock horns over criticism