Aviv Kochavi

Aviv Kochavi
Aviv Kochavi as the commander of the Gaza Division
Born	1964 Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Military Intelligence Directorate
Years of service	1982–
Rank	Aluf

Major General Aviv Kochavi (born 1964) is an Israel Defense Forces officer. He was the commander of the Gaza Division during the unilateral disengagement, and until recently was the head of the Operations division in the Operations Directorate. Between November 2010 and September 2014 Kochavi served as the Military Intelligence Director.

Earlier in his military career, Kochavi served in the Paratroopers' Orev ("Raven") Battalion.^[1]

References

↑ Yaron, Li (May 15, 2014). "The Battalion that Generates Generals". Bamahane (in Hebrew). No. Issue 3229. p. 20.

External links

Article from the Daily Telegraph
Article from the Jerusalem Post

Heads of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman)

Be'eri (1948–49) Herzog (1949–50) Gibli (1950–55) Harkabi (1955–59) Herzog (1959–62) Amit (1962–63) Yariv (1964–72) Zeira (1972–74) Gazit (1974–78) Saguy (1979–83) Barak (1983–85) Lipkin-Shahak (1986–91) Sagi (1991–95) Ya'alon (1995–98) Malka (1998–2002) Ze'evi-Farkash (2002–06) Yadlin (2006–2010) Kochavi (2010–14) Halevi (2014–)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.