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Israeli General Staff (Hebrew: המטה הכללי של צה"ל), abbreviated Matkal (מטכ"ל), is the supreme command of the Israel Defense Forces. It is based in the Kirya compound (Rabin Camp) in Tel Aviv.
Members[]
Honor guard at IDF headquarters for outgoing chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi
The majority of members in the General Staff Forum are officers ranked as Aluf and heads of the following military and civilian bodies:
Chief[]
- Chief of the General Staff – Rav-Aluf Benny Gantz
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Aluf Gadi Eizenkot
Arms[]
- commander of GOC Army Headquarters – Aluf Guy Tzur
- commander of the Air Force – Aluf Amir Eshel
- commander of the Navy – Aluf Ram Rothberg
Branches[]
- head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf Yoav Har Even
- head of the Intelligence Directorate – Aluf Aviv Kochavi
- head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate – Aluf Kobi Barak
- head of the Manpower Directorate – Aluf Orna Barbivai
- head of the Planning Directorate – Aluf Nimrod Shefer
- head of the Computer Service Directorate – Aluf Uzi Moscovitch
Commands[]
- Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command – Aluf Yair Golan
- Aluf in-charge of the Central Command – Aluf Nitzan Alon
- Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command – Aluf Sami Turgeman
- Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command – Aluf Eyal Eisenberg
Other[]
- Military Secretary to the Prime Minister – Aluf Eyal Zamir
- Commander of the Depth Corps - Aluf Shay Avital
- Commander of the Northern Corps – Aluf Noam Tibon
- Commander of the General Staff Corps – Aluf Gershon Hacohen
- Commander of the Military Academies – Aluf Yossi Baidatz
- Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – Aluf Eitan Dangot
- Military Advocate General – Aluf Danny Efroni
- President of the Military Court of Appeals – Aluf Shai Yaniv
- IDF Spokesperson – Tat-Aluf Moti Almoz
- The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff – Tat-Aluf Reem Aminoah
Civilian[]
- Director-general of the Ministry of Defense – Aluf (Res.) Dan Harel
- Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Hagai Tannenbaum-Erez
- Head of Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Ofir Shoham
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