.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that operates Gaza, struck Israel on October 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi was in a tough posture. In January 2023, when he became principal of standard personnel of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the most elderly position in Israel’s soldiers, the officer as well as reserve corps were rental fee through branches over recommended reforms to the nation’s High court. Some reservists threatened certainly not to serve if the dissentious prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his far-right union passed laws deteriorating the powers of the court.
It was one of the military’s very most unstable durations in latest times.