Israeli General Staff

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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.

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Members

Chief

• The Chief of the General Staff — Dan Halutz
• The Deputy Chief of the General Staff — Moshe Kaplinsky

Arms

• The commander of GOC Army Headquarters — Benjamin Gantz
• The commander of the Air Force — Elyezer Shkedy
• The commander of the Sea corps — David Ben Ba'ashat

Branches

• The head of the Operations Directorate — Gadi Eizenkot
• The head of the Intelligence Directorate — Amos Yadlin
• The head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate — Avi Mizrahi
• The head of the Human Resources Directorate — Elazar Stern
• The head of the Planning Directorate — Yitzhak Harel
• The head of the Computer Service Directorate — Ehud Shani

Commands

• The Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command — Udi Adam
• The Aluf in-charge of the Central Command — Yair Nave
• The Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command — Yoav Galant
• The Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command — Yitzhak Gershon

Other

• The commander of the Military Academies — Gershon Hacohen
• The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories — Yosef Mishlav
• The IDF Spokesperson — Miri Regev
• The Military Advocate General — Avichai Mendelblit
• The President of the Military Court of Appeals — Yishai Be'er

• The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff — Moshe Lipel
• The Military Secretary of the Prime Minister — Gadi Shamni

Civilian

• The Director-general of the Ministry of Defense — Ya'akov Toran
• The Defense Establishment Comptroller — Yossi Beinhorn
• The head of the Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry — Shmuel Keren

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