Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

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The Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces is the highest-ranking military officer in Israel, responsible for commanding all branches of the IDF and overseeing the country’s overall defense strategy and military operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
military office
military rank
position
appliesToJurisdiction Israel
appointedBy government of Israel
surface form: Government of Israel
category Israel Defense Forces
Israeli military appointments
Military ranks of Israel
confirmedBy government of Israel
surface form: Government of Israel
country Israel
surface form: State of Israel
countryOfCitizenship Israel
equivalentRank Lieutenant General
firstHolder Yaakov Dori
hasResponsibilityWithin Israeli security establishment
headOf Israel Defense Forces
highestRankIn Israel Defense Forces
inception 1948
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
legalBasis Basic Law: The Army
surface form: Basic Law: The Military (Israel)
militaryBranch Israel Defense Forces
Israeli Air Force
Israeli Ground Forces
surface form: Israeli Army

Israeli Navy
militaryRankOf Israel Defense Forces
nativeLabel רמטכ"ל
nominatedBy Defense Minister of Israel
surface form: Minister of Defense of Israel
officeHolder Herzi Halevi
officeLocation Tel Aviv
surface form: HaKirya, Tel Aviv
partOf Israel Defense Forces
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs
rank Rav Aluf
reportsTo government of Israel
surface form: Government of Israel

Defense Minister of Israel
surface form: Minister of Defense of Israel
residence Israel
responsibleFor deployment of the Israel Defense Forces
implementation of Israeli defense policy
operational command of the Israel Defense Forces
overall defense strategy of Israel
readiness of the Israel Defense Forces
training of the Israel Defense Forces
seat Tel Aviv
shortName Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: IDF Chief of Staff

Ramatkal
subordinateTo civilian leadership of Israel
termLength 3 years
extendable by 1 year or more

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Moshe Dayan positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Rabin positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
subject surface form: Yitzhak Rabin
this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Ehud Barak positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Rafael Eitan positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
IDF currentCommanderRole Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
subject surface form: Israel Defense Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Military Intelligence Directorate reportsTo Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Herzi Halevi positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Herzi Halevi
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces shortName Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: IDF Chief of Staff
Dayan positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
subject surface form: Moshe Dayan