Operations Directorate

The Israeli Operations Directorate (Hebrew: אגף המבצעים, Agaf HaMivtza'im) is a branch in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, established in 1999, and alongside the regional commands, the Air Force and Sea corps and General Staff directorates, is responsible in planning for the exercising of military force. Since September 2012, it is headed by Aluf Yoav Har Even.[1]

Tasks

Units

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 Israeli Independence 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
Yigael Yadin November 16, 1947 November 9, 1949
Mordechai Maklef November 14, 1949 December 7, 1952
Moshe Dayan December 17, 1952 December 6, 1953
Yosef Avidar December 22, 1953 February 15, 1955
Meir Amit February 23, 1955 May 28, 1955 Later Director of Mossad
Haim Laskov August 28, 1955 July 24, 1956
Meir Amit October 5, 1956 January 26, 1958
Tzvi Tzur 1958
Meir Zorea September 10, 1958 April 28, 1959
Yitzhak Rabin April 28, 1959 January 23, 1961 5th Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin January 23, 1961 December 30, 1963
Haim Bar-Lev January 1, 1964 April 27, 1966
Ezer Weizman April 27, 1966 December 14, 1969 Later President of Israel
David Elazar December 23, 1969 January 1, 1972
Israel Tal January 1, 1972 June 28, 1973
Rehavam Ze'evi November 2, 1973 January 16, 1974
Yitzhak Hofi January 16, 1974 April 16, 1974 Later Director of Mossad
Herzl Shafir April 16, 1974 March 1, 1976 Later Commissioner of Police
Yekutiel Adam March 2, 1976 August 25, 1977
Rafael Eitan August 25, 1977 April 7, 1978
Yekutiel Adam 1978 January 1982
Moshe Levi January 1982 1983
David Ivry 1983 1985
Dan Shomron January 17, 1985 October 1, 1986
Amir Drori October 1, 1986 April 6, 1987
Ehud Barak May 7, 1987 March 13, 1991 10th Prime Minister
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak March 13, 1991 November 29, 1994
Matan Vilnai November 29, 1994 September 15, 1997
Shaul Mofaz September 15, 1997 June 11, 1998
Uzi Dayan June 11, 1998 June 27, 1999
Dan Halutz June 27, 1999 September 15, 2000
Giora Eiland September 15, 2000 January 25, 2001
Dan Harel January 26, 2001 2003
Israel Ziv 2003 2005
Gadi Eizenkot June 2005 October 12, 2006
Tal Russo October 12, 2006 October 4, 2010
Yaakov Ayash October 4, 2010 September 6, 2012
Yoav Har-Even September 6, 2012 May 26, 2015
Nitzan Alon May 26, 2015

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

See also


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