Chief of the General Staff (Israel)
Halevi announced in January 2025 that he would resign from his role, effective 6 March 2025, for the IDF's failure to prevent the Hamas October 7 attack.[1] On Feb 1 2025, it was announced that Ministry of Defense Director Eyal Zamir will become the IDF's Chief of the General Staff.[3] For a brief period, he and Chief of the General Staff David Elazar were both in active service with the rank of rav aluf.[9] Also, two chiefs of staff have given up part of their tenure extension: Amnon Lipkin-Shahak wanted to end his term in the middle of the fourth year, due to his desire to move into politics and run for prime minister.[citation needed] Two Chiefs of the General Staff (Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak) have become Prime Minister of Israel[13][14] and eleven others (Yigael Yadin, Moshe Dayan, Tzvi Tzur, Haim Bar-Lev, Mordechai Gur, Rafael Eitan, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Shaul Mofaz, Moshe Ya'alon, Gabi Ashkenazi, and Benny Gantz) have served in the Knesset.