General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces

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.

General Staff flag

Matkal logo

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 Aviv Kochavi
• Deputy Chief of the General Staff – Aluf Eyal Zamir

Arms

• Commander of GOC Army Headquarters – Aluf Yoel Strick
• Commander of the Air Force – Aluf Amikam Norkin
• Commander of the Navy – Aluf Eli Sharvit

Directorates

• Head of the Operations Directorate – Aluf Aharon Haliva
• Head of the Intelligence Directorate – Aluf Tamir Heiman
• Head of the Technological and Logistics Directorate – Aluf Yitzhak Turgeman
• Head of the Manpower Directorate – Aluf Moti Almoz
• Head of the Planning and Multi-Domain Force Design Directorate – Aluf Tomer Bar
• Head of the Computer Service Directorate – Aluf Lior Carmeli
• Head of the Strategy and Third-Circle Directorate – Aluf Tal Kalman

Commands

• Aluf in-charge of the Northern Command – Aluf Amir Baram
• Aluf in-charge of the Central Command – Aluf Tamir Yadai
• Aluf in-charge of the Southern Command – Aluf Herzi Halevi
• Aluf in-charge of the Home Front Command – Aluf Ori Gordin

Other

• Military Secretary to the Prime Minister – Aluf Avi Bluth
• Commander of the Depth Corps - Aluf Muni Katz
• Commander of the Northern Corps and the Military Academies – Aluf Yaakov Banjo
• Commander of the General Staff Corps – Aluf Moti Barukh
• Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories – Aluf Kamil Abu Rukun
• President of the Military Court of Appeals – Aluf Doron Piles
• Military Advocate General – Aluf Sharon Afek
• IDF Spokesperson – Tat-Aluf Hidai Zilberman
• The Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff – Tat-Aluf Ariela Lazarovich

Civilian

• Director-general of the Ministry of Defense – Aluf (Res.) Amir Eshel
• Defense Establishment Comptroller – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Eitan Dahan
• Head of Administration for the Development of Weapons and the Technological Industry – Tat-Aluf (Res.) Danny Gold

References

• "The General Staff," official list