General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
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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 Gadi Eizenkot
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Aluf Yair Golan
Arms
- Commander of GOC Army Headquarters – Aluf Kobi Barak
- Commander of the Air Force – Aluf Amir Eshel
- Commander of the Navy – Aluf Eliahu Sharvit
Branches
- Head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf Nitzan Alon
- Head of the Intelligence Directorate – Aluf Herzi Halevi
- Head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate – Aluf Aharon Haliva
- Head of the Manpower Directorate – Aluf Hagai Topolanski
- Head of the Planning Directorate – Aluf Amikam Norkin
- Head of the Computer Service Directorate – Aluf Nadav Padan
Commands
- Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command – Aluf Aviv Kochavi
- Aluf in-charge of the Central Command – Aluf Roni Numa
- Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command – Aluf Eyal Zamir
- Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command – Aluf Yoel Strik
Other
- Military Secretary to the Prime Minister – Aluf Eliezer Toledano
- Commander of the Depth Corps - Aluf (res.) Tal Russo
- Commander of the Northern Corps and the Military Academies – Aluf Tamir Haiman
- Commander of the General Staff Corps – Aluf Yossi Bachar
- Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – Aluf Yoav Mordechai
- Military Advocate General – Tat-Aluf Sharon Afek
- President of the Military Court of Appeals – Aluf Doron Feyles
- IDF Spokesperson – Tat-Aluf Moti Almoz
- The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff – Tat-Aluf Sasson Hadad
Civilian
- Director-general of the Ministry of Defense – Aluf (Res.) Udi Adam
- Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Hagai Tannenbaum-Erez
- Head of Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Danny Gold
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