Operations Directorate
(Redirected from Israeli Operations Directorate)
Template:Short description Template:Pp Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Short description The Israeli Operations Directorate (Template:Langx, Agaf HaMivtza'im, abbreviated as (Template:Langx Agam) is the operations branch in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. It was established in 1999, alongside the regional commands, the air force and navy. Since June 2021, it is headed by Aluf Oded Basyuk.
Tasks
The directorate has the following responsibilities:
- Preparing the IDF for war, emergencies, and day-to-day security
- Deriving an operational strategy from the national security agenda and military doctrine
- Coordinating the IDF's work with the other security forces, and drafting IDF recommendations for the political echelon
- Instructing the regional command, air force, navy, GOC Army Headquarters and other directorates, with respect to the exercise of force and its coordination
Units
- Operations Division
- Instruction, Doctrine and Evaluation Division
- IDF Spokesperson
- Special Means Division
- Department for Campaign Design
- Centre for Consciousness Operations
- Inspection and Supervision Department
- General Staff Security Department
Commanders
The list includes those who served as heads of operations prior to when it was spun off from the IDF's General Staff. The list also includes pre-IDF Haganah commander Yigael Yadin who also served in that capacity during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Dan Halutz, who original served as the Aide to Chief of the Operations Branch, was appointed to the head of the Operations Directorate soon after its establishment.
| Name | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yigael Yadin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Mordechai Maklef | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Moshe Dayan | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yosef Avidar | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Meir Amit | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Later Director of Mossad |
| Haim Laskov | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Meir Amit | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Tzvi Tzur | 1958 | ||
| Meir Zorea | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5th Prime Minister |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Haim Bar-Lev | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Ezer Weizman | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Later President of Israel |
| David Elazar | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Israel Tal | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Rehavam Ze'evi | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yitzhak Hofi | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Later Director of Mossad |
| Herzl Shafir | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Later Commissioner of Police |
| Yekutiel Adam | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Rafael Eitan | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yekutiel Adam | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Moshe Levi | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| David Ivry | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Dan Shomron | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Amir Drori | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Ehud Barak | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 10th Prime Minister |
| Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Matan Vilnai | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Shaul Mofaz | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Uzi Dayan | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Dan Halutz | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Giora Eiland | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Dan Harel | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Israel Ziv | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Gadi Eizenkot | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Tal Russo | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yaakov Ayash | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Yoav Har-Even | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Nitzan Alon | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Assistant Head of the Operations Branch
The list is of those who served as Assistant Head of the Operations Branch prior to establishment of the Operations Directorate in 1999.
| Name | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tzvi Tzur | 1950–1951 | |
| Haim Ben-David | 1951–1953 | |
| Ilan Meyer | 1953–1954 | |
| Asaf Simhoni | 1954–1956 | |
| Meir Zorea | 1956 | |
| Uzi Narkiss | 1956–1957 | During Sinai War |
| Ariel Amiad | 1957–1958 | |
| Shalom Iron | 1958–1960 | |
| Israel Tal | 1961 | |
| Oded Masar | July to December 1961 | |
| Yeshayahu Gavish | 1961–1962 | |
| Elad Peled | 1962–1963 | |
| Gideon Elrom | 1963–1964 | |
| Rehavam Ze'evi | 1964–1968 | During Six-Day War |
| Yitzhak Hofi | 1968–1969 | |
| Herzl Shafir | 1969–1971 | |
| Yona Efrat | 1971–1973 | |
| Arie Levy | 1973–1974 | During Yom Kippur War |
| Mordechai Tzipori | 1974–1976 | |
| Avigdor Ben-Gal | 1976 | |
| Natan Sharoni | 1976–1978 | |
| Eitan Barak | 1978–1980 | |
| Uri Simchoni | 1980–1981 | |
| Giora Ram-Forman | 1981–1983 | During the First Lebanon War |
| Uri Sagi | 1983–1986 | |
| Amram Mitzna | 1986–1987 | |
| Giora Romm | 1987–1989 | |
| Zeev Livne | 1989–1992 | |
| Nehemiah Tamari | 1992–1993 | |
| Meir Dagan | 1993–1995 | |
| Eitan Ben Eliyahu | 1995–1996 | |
| Gabi Ashkenazi | 1996–1998 | |
| Dan Halutz | 1998–1999 | Post terminated; Halutz became head of the Operations Directorate |
References
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See also
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