Gadi Eizenkot

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Gadi Eizenkot

Aluf

Aluf is the term used for General and Admiral in the Israel Defense Forces . In addition to the Aluf rank itself, there are four other ranks which are derivatives of the word....
Gadi Eizenkot (born 1960) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
and the current head of Israeli Northern Command

Israeli Northern Command

The Israeli Northern Command is the Israel Defense Forces regional Command responsible for the northern front with Syria and Lebanon....
. After joining the IDF Eizenkot was assigned to the Golani Brigade

Golani Brigade

The Golani Brigade is an Israeli infantry brigade which was formed on February 28, 1948 when the Levanoni Brigade in the upper Galilee was merged with the Carmeli Brigade to form the Golani Brigade....
, which he himself would eventually command from 1997-8. During that time he received a B.A. in History from Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a large, public university, located in Tel Aviv, Israel. As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University has a student population of 29,000....
and attended the US Army and Security Studies course. In 1999 Eizenkot was selected to be the Military Secretary for the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense under then Prime Minister Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak

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Ehud Barak

Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel, and current Defense Minister of Israel, Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister and leader of Israel's Labor Party ....
. Since then he has led the "Amud Haesh" Formation and the Judea and Samaria Division. He was promoted to the head of the Israeli Operations Directorate

Israeli Operations Directorate

The Israeli Operations Directorate is a branch in the Israeli General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, established in 1999, and alongside the regional commands, the Israeli Air Force and Israeli Sea Corps and General Staff directorates, is responsible in planning for the exercising of military force....
in June 2005. After Maj. Gen. Udi Adam

Udi Adam

Aluf Ehud "Udi" Adam is a General in the Israel Defense Forces and the former head of the Israeli Northern Command. Adam has received a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Bar Ilan University and later studied at the School for War Studies in Paris, where he received a M.A....
resigned in October 2006 amid criticism over his conduct in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War , was a 34-day war in Lebanon and northern Israel....
, Eizenkot replaced him as head of the Northern Command.