.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant team that manages Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi was in a tough position. In January 2023, when he ended up being chief of standard staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the absolute most elderly placement in Israel’s soldiers, the officer and book corps were lease by divisions over proposed reforms to the country’s High court. Some reservists intimidated not to serve if the dissentious head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, as well as his reactionary union passed laws diminishing the electrical powers of the judge.
It was just one of the army’s most stormy durations in latest opportunities.