The Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces ( Hebrew אגף המבצעים ) is one of the structural units of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
| General Staff Operations Israel Defense Forces | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Israel |
| Subordination | Chief of General Staff |
| Included in | Israel Defense Forces |
| Type of | special service |
| Function | protection provision |
| Number | Union |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major General ( Aluf ) Nitzan Alon |
In the past it was called the “ General Directorate of the General Staff ”.
The Operations Directorate is responsible for the planning and implementation of Israel Defense Forces operations through the AOI command centers, the headquarters of the Air Force, the command of the naval forces and ground forces, as well as through other departments of the General Staff.
Currently, the operational management is headed by Major General ( Aluf ) Nitzan Alon .
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Key Activities
- Preparation of units of the Israel Defense Forces for military operations, emergencies and security.
- Creation and coordination of operational plans of military operations, actions in emergency situations and in conditions of security threats.
- Development of operational concepts based on the concept of national security and in accordance with the theory of warfare.
History
Operational management was created at the end of 1947, instead of the "planning department" and "operations department" that existed in the Hagan organization. On November 16, 1947, Yigal Yadin was appointed the first chief of the operational department, who was engaged in the initial formation of the department. The department consisted of five departments: the general department of strategic planning, the department of operational management (design of current operations), the intelligence department, the technical department, and the administration and coordination department with other departments. [one]
Management Structure
- Operations department
- Department of Operations
- Planning Department
- Defense department
- Special Events Department
- Press office
- Department of training and education
- Department of History
- General Staff Security Department
Senior Management Officers
- Head of Department - Major General Nitzan Alon
- Head of Operations - General Aaron Haliva
- Head of Training and Education - Brigadier General Moti Baruch
- Head of Press Service - Brigadier General Moti Almoz
Heads of Management
The heads of the department have the rank of major general ( aluf ), in the case of promotion to the post of chief of the General Staff they receive the rank of lieutenant general ( rav-aluf ) [2] .
| Name | Position | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yigal Yadin | Head of Department | November 16, 1947 - November 9, 1949 | Founded management. In the future, the second chief of the General Staff. |
| Mordecai Macklef | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | November 14, 1949 - December 7, 1952 | Subsequently, the third chief of the General Staff |
| Moshe Dayan | Head of Department | December 17, 1952 - December 6, 1953 | Subsequently, the fourth chief of the General Staff |
| Yosef Avidar | Head of Department | December 22, 1953 - February 15, 1955 | |
| Meir Amit | Head of Department | February 23, 1955 - May 28, 1955 | In the future, the head of the Mossad |
| Chaim Laskov | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | August 28, 1955 - July 24, 1956 | Subsequently, the fifth chief of the General Staff |
| Meir Amit | Head of Department | August 5, 1956 - January 26, 1958 | |
| Zvi Tsur | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | January 26, 1958 - September 10, 1958 | Subsequently, the sixth chief of the General Staff |
| Meir Zorea | Head of Department | September 10, 1958 - April 28, 1959 | |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Head of Department | April 28, 1959 - January 23, 1961 | Subsequently, the seventh chief of the General Staff |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | January 23, 1961 - December 30, 1963 | |
| Chaim Bar-Lion | Head of Department | January 1, 1964 - April 27, 1966 | Subsequently, the eighth chief of the General Staff |
| Ezer Weizmann | Head of Department | April 27, 1966 - December 14, 1969 | Subsequently, the President of the State of Israel |
| David Lazarus | Head of Department | December 23, 1969 - January 1, 1972 | Subsequently, the ninth chief of the General Staff |
| Israel Tal | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | January 1, 1972 - June 28, 1973 | |
| Rehavaam Zeevi | Head of Department | November 2, 1973 - January 16, 1974 | |
| Yitzhak Hofi | Head of Department | January 16, 1974 - April 16, 1974 | In the future, the head of the Mossad |
| Herzel Shafir | Head of Department | April 16, 1974 - March 1, 1976 | Subsequently, the head of the Israeli police |
| Yekutiel Adam | Head of Department | March 2, 1976 - August 25, 1977 | |
| Rafael Eitan | Head of Department | August 25, 1977 - April 7, 1978 | Subsequently, the eleventh chief of the General Staff |
| Yekutiel Adam | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | August 25, 1977 - January 1982 | |
| Moshe Levy | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | January 1982-1983 | Subsequently, the twelfth chief of the General Staff |
| David Ivry | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | 1983-1985 | |
| Dan Shomron | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | January 17, 1985 - October 1, 1986 | Subsequently, the thirteenth chief of the General Staff |
| Amir Drori | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | October 1, 1986 - April 6, 1987 | |
| Ehud Barak | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | May 7, 1987 - March 13, 1991 | Subsequently, the fourteenth chief of the General Staff |
| Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | March 13, 1991 - November 29, 1994 | Subsequently, the fifteenth chief of the General Staff |
| Matan Vilnai | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | November 29, 1994 - September 15, 1997 | |
| Shaul Mofaz | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | September 15, 1997 - June 11, 1998 | Subsequently, the sixteenth chief of the General Staff |
| Uzi Dayan | Head of Department, Deputy Chief of the General Staff | June 11, 1998 - June 27, 1999 | |
| Dan Halutz | Head of Department | June 27, 1999 - September 15, 2000 | Subsequently, the eighteenth chief of the General Staff |
| Giora Island | Head of Department | September 15, 2000 - January 25, 2001 | |
| Dan Harel | Head of Department | January 26, 2001 - March 10, 2003 | |
| Israel Ziv | Head of Department | March 10, 2003 - September 26, 2005 | |
| Gadi Eisenkot | Head of Department | September 26, 2005 - October 12, 2006 | Subsequently, the twenty-first chief of the General Staff |
| Tal Russo | Head of Department | October 12, 2006 - October 4, 2010 | |
| Yaakov Aish | Head of Department | October 4, 2010 - September 6, 2012 | |
| Yoav Har Even | Head of Department | September 6, 2012 - May 26, 2015 | |
| Nitzan Alon | Head of Department | from May 26, 2015 |
Assistant Chiefs
| Name | Rank | Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zvi Tsur | Aluf mishne | 1950 - 1951 | |
| Chaim Ben David | Aluf mishne | 1951 - 1953 | |
| Meir Ilan | Aluf mishne | 1953 - 1954 | |
| Asaf Simhoni | Aluf mishne | 1954 - 1956 | |
| Meir Zorea | Aluf mishne | February - July 1956 | |
| Uzi Narkis | Aluf mishne | 1956 - 1957 | during the sinai war |
| Ariel Amiad | Aluf mishne | 1957 - 1958 | |
| Shalom Iron | Aluf mishne | 1958 - 1960 | |
| Israel Tal | Aluf mishne | 1961 | |
| Oded Messer | Aluf mishne | July - December 1961 | |
| Yeshayahu Gavish | Aluf mishne | 1961 - 1962 | |
| Elad Peled | Aluf mishne | 1962 - 1963 | |
| Gidon Elrom | Aluf mishne | 1963 - 1964 | |
| Rehavam Zeevi | Aluf | 1964 - 1968 | during the Six Day War |
| Yitzhak Hofi | Tat aluf | 1968 - 1969 | |
| Herzl Shafir | Tat aluf | 1969 - 1971 | |
| Jona Efrat | Tat aluf | 1971 - 1973 | |
| Arye Levy | Tat aluf | August 1973 - September 1974 | during the Doomsday War |
| Mordechai Zipori | Tat aluf | September 1974 - February 1976 | |
| Avigdor Ben-Gal | Tat aluf | February 1976 - August 1976 | |
| Nathan Ronnie | Tat aluf | August 1976 - December 1978 | |
| Eitan Barack | Tat aluf | December 1978 - April 1980 | |
| Uri Simhoni | Tat aluf | April 1980 - October 1981 | |
| Amos Baram | Tat aluf | October 1981-1982 | |
| Giora Ram Forman | Tat aluf | 1982 - 1983 | during the war in Lebanon |
| Uri Sagi | Tat aluf | 1983 - 1986 | |
| Amram Mitsna | Tat aluf | 1986 - April 1987 | |
| Giora Rum | Tat aluf | April 1987—1989 | |
| Zeev Libana | Tat aluf | 1989 - November 1991 | |
| Nehemiah Tamari | Tat aluf | 1991 - 1993 | |
| Meir Dagan | Tat aluf | 1993 - 1995 | |
| Eitan Ben-Eliyahu | Tat aluf | 1995 - 1996 | |
| Gabi Ashkenazi | Tat aluf | 1996 - 1998 | |
| Dan Halutz | Tat aluf | 1998 - 1999 |