menu-control
The Jerusalem Post Logo - Bring them home now
accessibilty

Herzi Halevi

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

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi during a situational assessment regarding the IDF strike on Yemen's Houthis, July 20, 2024.

‘Topple this gov't and replace it’: Hostage's father calls for Gallant, IDF chief's firing

 DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of sexually assaulting a Hamas terrorist, outside the Beit Lid Military Court, this week.

The importance of a judicial process against soldiers suspected of torturing terrorists

By SUZIE NAVOT , Sapir Paz
 (L-R): IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, seen near the IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem in an illustrative.

Gallant warns: Hezbollah may hit Israel harder than Iran

The site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, southern Israel, June 9, 2024

IDF upper echelons debate who approved Nova festival to take place

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a situational assessment to troops in central Gaza, August 2, 2024.

Herzi Halevi: Whoever attacks the citizens of Israel, we are ready to reach and kill

 People walk on the rubble of a damaged site the day after an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 31, 2024

Body of Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr found under rubble of Beirut blast

Protesters, largely Houthi supporters, rally to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, June 7, 2024.

Israel and UAE preparing nightmare for Iran, Houthis right on their doorstep

By MAARIV
  Herzi Halevi carries out meetings, situational assessments in Majdal Shams following a missile strike by Hezbollah, Saturday 27 July 2024

IDF chief of staff: Israel raising readiness to 'next level,' prepared to strike

 IDF Southern Command commander Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, and 98th Division Commander Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus holding a situational assessment on Gaza, July 26, 2024.

Chief of Staff Halevi in Khan Yunis: 'We won’t let up on Hamas until we bring back the hostages'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, holds a security assessment in Tel Aviv.

Halevi continues to cause deterioration of the army, Gallant and Bibi follow his lead

By YITZHAK BRIK
 IN HIS resignation letter, IDF Military Intelligence Directorate Chief Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva states that he would like to take responsibility for what happened on October 7 and promises to do his best to complete as many of the war’s goals as possible.

IDF intel. chief Haliva to resign within weeks, Halevi backs Binder as replacement

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visit northern Israel. May 4, 2024.

IDF internal mess over October 7 probes erupts into chaos

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen in the Gaza Strip, June 16, 2024

Chief of Staff Halevi: 'Hamas is trying to hide' results of strike on Deif

 IDF CHIEF OF Staff Herzi Halevi attends a changeover of command ceremony at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem on Monday.

Who will be the IDF's next commander after Herzi Halevi?

  IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi; Images of the devastation caused in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7.

First Oct. 7 probe reveals how IDF, police failure led to Be'eri slaughter