General Staff (Israel)

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The 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

The majority of members in the General Staff Forum are officers ranked as Aluf and heads of the following military and civilian bodies:

Chief

• The Chief of the General Staff – Rav-Aluf Benny Gantz
• The Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Aluf Yair Naveh

Arms

• The commander of GOC Army Headquarters – Aluf Sami Turjeman
• The commander of the Air Force – Aluf Ido Nehoshtan
• The commander of the Navy – Aluf Ram Rothberg

Branches

• The head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf Ya'akov Ayash
• The head of the Intelligence Directorate – Aluf Aviv Kochavi
• The head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate – Aluf Dan Biton
• The head of the Manpower Directorate – Alufa Orna Barbivai
• The head of the Planning Directorate – Aluf Amir Eshel
• The head of the Computer Service Directorate – Aluf Uzi Moscovitch

Commands

• The Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command – Aluf Yair Golan
• The Aluf in-charge of the Central Command – Aluf Avi Mizrahi
• The Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command – Aluf Tal Russo
• The Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command – Aluf Eyal Eisenberg

Other

• The Military Secretary to the Prime Minister – Aluf Yochanan Locker
• The Commander of the Depth Corps - Aluf Shay Avital
• The Commander of the Northern Corps – Aluf Gershon Hacohen
• The Commander of the General Staff Corps – Aluf Noam Tibon
• The Commander of the Military Academies – Aluf Yossi Baidatz
• The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – Aluf Eitan Dangot
• The Military Advocate General – Tat-Aluf Danny Efroni
• The President of the Military Court of Appeals – Aluf Shai Yaniv
• The IDF Spokesperson – Tat-Aluf Yoav “Poli‏”‏ Mordechai
• The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff – Tat-Aluf Reem Aminoah

Civilian

• The Director-general of the Ministry of Defense – Aluf (Res.) Ehud Shani
• The Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Hagai Tannenbaum-Erez
• The Head of Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Ofir Shoham