General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

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General Staff Israel Defense Forces Headquarters
המטה הכללי של צה"ל
Matkal emblem
Founded	1948–present
Country	Israel
Type	supreme command
Part of	Israel Defense Forces
Headquarter	Rabin Camp Tel Aviv
Nickname(s)	Matkal
Commanders
Chief of the General Staff	Rav Aluf Herzi Halevi
Insignia
Matkal Flag

The Israeli General Staff or General Headquarters (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.

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

• Chief of the General Staff – Rav Aluf Herzi Halevi
• Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Aluf Amir Baram

• Commander of the Ground Forces – Aluf Tamir Yadai
• Commander of the Air Force – Aluf Tomer Bar
• Commander of the Navy – Aluf David Saar Salama

• Head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf Oded Basyuk
• Head of the Intelligence Directorate – Aluf Shlomi Binder
• Head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate – Aluf Michel Yanko
• Head of the Personnel Directorate – Aluf Dado Bar Kalifa
• Head of the Planning and Multi-Domain Force Design Directorate – Aluf Eyal Harel
• Head of the Computer Service Directorate – Aluf Aviad Dagan
• Head of the Strategy and Third-Circle Directorate – Aluf Eliezer Toledano

• Commander of the Northern Command – Aluf Ori Gordin
• Commander of the Central Command – Aluf Avi Bluth
• Commander of the Southern Command – Aluf Yaron Finkelman
• Commander of the Home Front Command – Aluf Rafi Milo

• Military Secretary to the Prime Minister – Aluf Roman Gofman
• Military Secretary to the Minister of Defense –Tat-Aluf Guy Markizano
• Military Secretary to the President – Tat-Aluf Na'ama Rosen Grimberg
• Commander of the Depth Corps and of the Military Colleges – Aluf Nimrod Aloni
• Commander of the Northern Corps and Head of Maneuver Array – Aluf Dan Goldfuss
• Commander of the General Staff Corps and the Education and Training Command – Aluf David Zini
• Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – Aluf Ghassan Alian
• President of the Military Court of Appeals – Aluf Orli Markman
• Military Advocate General – Aluf Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi
• IDF Spokesperson – Tat-Aluf Daniel Hagari
• The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff – Tat-Aluf Gil Pinchas
• Assistant to the Chief of Staff –Aluf-Mishne Chaim Ben Moyal

• Director-general of the Ministry of Defense – Aluf (Res.) Eyal Zamir
• Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Yair Volansky
• IDF Internal Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Ofer Sarig
• Head of Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Daniel (Danny) Gold

• "The General Staff," official list

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