Operations Directorate
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| Operations Directorate | |
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| אגף המבצעים | |
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| Active | 1999–present |
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| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Aluf Oded Basyuk |
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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 |
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| Yigael Yadin | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Mordechai Maklef | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Moshe Dayan | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Yosef Avidar | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Meir Amit | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Later Director of Mossad |
| Haim Laskov | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Meir Amit | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Tzvi Tzur | 1958 | ||
| Meir Zorea | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | 5th Prime Minister |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Haim Bar-Lev | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Ezer Weizman | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Later President of Israel |
| David Elazar | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Israel Tal | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Rehavam Ze'evi | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Yitzhak Hofi | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Later Director of Mossad |
| Herzl Shafir | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Later Commissioner of Police |
| Yekutiel Adam | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Rafael Eitan | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Yekutiel Adam | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Moshe Levi | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| David Ivry | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Dan Shomron | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Amir Drori | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Ehud Barak | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | 10th Prime Minister |
| Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Matan Vilnai | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Shaul Mofaz | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Uzi Dayan | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Dan Halutz | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Giora Eiland | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Dan Harel | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Israel Ziv | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Gadi Eizenkot | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Tal Russo | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Yaakov Ayash | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Yoav Har-Even | Script error: No such module "Date time". | Script error: No such module "Date time". | |
| Nitzan Alon | Script error: No such module "Date time". |
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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