Commander of the Israeli Ground Forces

The Commander of the Israeli Ground Forces is the head and highest-ranking officer of Israeli Ground Forces, and is responsible for overall operations of the ground forces. The current Commander is Nadav Lotan.^[1]

Commander of the Israeli Ground Forces
Incumbent Major General Nadav Lotan since November 2024
Israeli Ground Forces
Member of	General Staff of the IDF
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Appointer	Chief of the General Staff
Formation	1983
First holder	Dan Shomron
Website	www.idf.il/en/minisites/general-staff/

Headquarters

The structure of the ground forces

The Headquarters of the Ground Forces command the following corps:

• Infantry Corps (חיל הרגלים)
• Armor Corps (חיל השריון)
• Israeli Combat Engineering Corps (חיל ההנדסה הקרבית)
• Artillery Corps (חיל התותחנים)
• Combat Intelligence Collection Corps (חיל האיסוף הקרבי)

In addition, the Headquarters includes four staff divisions:

• Planning Division (Budget and Organization Planning) (חטיבת התכנון)
• Ground Division (Training and Doctrine) (חטיבת יבשה)
• Personnel Division (חטיבת כוח-אדם)
• Technological Division (Materiel R&D and Acquisition) (חטיבת הטכנולוגיה)

List of officeholders

No.	Picture	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Shomron, DanAluf Dan Shomron (1937–2008)	September 1983	January 1985	1 year, 4 months	–
2		Drori, AmirAluf Amir Drori (1937–2005)	January 1985	August 1986	1 year, 8 months	–
3		Sagi, UriAluf Uri Sagi (born 1943)	August 1986	March 1991	4 years, 6 months	–
4		Sakel, EmanuelAluf Emanuel Sakel (born 1940)	March 1991	August 1994	3 years, 6 months	–
5		Livne, ZeevAluf Zeev Livne [he] (1945–2013)	August 1994	June 1996	1 year, 9 months	[2]
6		Malka, AmosAluf Amos Malka [he] (born 1953)	June 1996	July 1998	2 years, 1 month	–
7		Soknik, MosheAluf Moshe Soknik [he] (born 1949)	July 1998	June 2001	1 year, 11 months	–
8		Ron-Tal, YiftahAluf Yiftah Ron-Tal (born 1956)	June 2001	November 2005	5 years, 5 months	–
9		Gantz, BennyAluf Benny Gantz (born 1959)	November 2005	20 December 2007	2 years, 1 month	–
10		Mizrahi, AviAluf Avi Mizrahi (born 1957)	20 December 2007	September 2009	1 year, 8 months	–
11		Turgeman, SamiAluf Sami Turgeman (born 1964)	September 2009	February 2013	3 years, 5 months	[3]
12		Tzur, GuyAluf Guy Tzur (born 1962)	February 2013	August 2016	3 years, 6 months	–
13		Barak, KobiAluf Kobi Barak [he] (born 1964)	August 2016	May 2019	2 years, 9 months	–
14		Strick, YoelAluf Yoel Strick (born 1966)	May 2019	October 2022	3 years, 5 months	–
15		Yadai, TamirAluf Tamir Yadai (born 1969)	October 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 1 month	–
16		Lotan, NadavAluf Nadav Lotan [he] (born 1973)	November 2024	Incumbent	1 year	–

See also

• Israeli Ground Forces equipment