The Israeli Operations Directorate (Hebrew: אגף המבצעים, Agaf HaMivtza'im) is a branch in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, established in 1999, alongside the regional commands, the air force and navy. Since June 2021, it is headed by Aluf Oded Basyuk.

Tasks

The directorate has the following responsibilities:

  • Preparing the IDF for war, emergencies, and day-to-day security
  • Deriving an operational strategy from the national security agenda and military doctrine
  • Coordinating the IDF's work with the other security forces, and drafting IDF recommendations for the political echelon
  • Instructing the regional command, air force, navy, GOC Army Headquarters and other directorates, with respect to the exercise of force and its coordination

Units

Commanders

The list includes those who served as heads of operations prior to when it was spun off from the IDF's General Staff. The list also includes pre-IDF Haganah commander Yigael Yadin who also served in that capacity during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Dan Halutz, who original served as the Aide to Chief of the Operations Branch, was appointed to the head of the Operations Directorate soon after its establishment.

NameTerm startTerm endNotes
Yigael YadinNovember 16, 1947November 9, 1949
Mordechai MaklefNovember 14, 1949December 7, 1952
Moshe DayanDecember 17, 1952December 6, 1953
Yosef AvidarDecember 22, 1953February 15, 1955
Meir AmitFebruary 23, 1955May 28, 1955Later Director of Mossad
Haim LaskovAugust 28, 1955July 24, 1956
Meir AmitOctober 5, 1956January 26, 1958
Tzvi Tzur1958
Meir ZoreaSeptember 10, 1958April 28, 1959
Yitzhak RabinApril 28, 1959January 23, 19615th Prime Minister
Yitzhak RabinJanuary 23, 1961December 30, 1963
Haim Bar-LevJanuary 1, 1964April 27, 1966
Ezer WeizmanApril 27, 1966December 14, 1969Later President of Israel
David ElazarDecember 23, 1969January 1, 1972
Israel TalJanuary 1, 1972June 28, 1973
Rehavam Ze'eviNovember 2, 1973January 16, 1974
Yitzhak HofiJanuary 16, 1974April 16, 1974Later Director of Mossad
Herzl ShafirApril 16, 1974March 1, 1976Later Commissioner of Police
Yekutiel AdamMarch 2, 1976August 25, 1977
Rafael EitanAugust 25, 1977April 7, 1978
Yekutiel Adam1978January 1982
Moshe LeviJanuary 19821983
David Ivry19831985
Dan ShomronJanuary 17, 1985October 1, 1986
Amir DroriOctober 1, 1986April 6, 1987
Ehud BarakMay 7, 1987March 13, 199110th Prime Minister
Amnon Lipkin-ShahakMarch 13, 1991November 29, 1994
Matan VilnaiNovember 29, 1994September 15, 1997
Shaul MofazSeptember 15, 1997June 11, 1998
Uzi DayanJune 11, 1998June 27, 1999
Dan HalutzJune 27, 1999September 15, 2000
Giora EilandSeptember 15, 2000January 25, 2001
Dan HarelJanuary 26, 20012003
Israel Ziv20032005
Gadi EizenkotJune 2005October 12, 2006
Tal RussoOctober 12, 2006October 4, 2010
Yaakov AyashOctober 4, 2010September 6, 2012
Yoav Har-EvenSeptember 6, 2012May 26, 2015
Nitzan AlonMay 26, 2015

Assistant Head of the Operations Branch

The list is of those who served as Assistant Head of the Operations Branch prior to establishment of the Operations Directorate in 1999.

NameTermNotes
Tzvi Tzur1950–1951
Haim Ben-David1951–1953
Ilan Meyer1953–1954
Asaf Simhoni1954–1956
Meir Zorea1956
Uzi Narkiss1956–1957During Sinai War
Ariel Amiad1957–1958
Shalom Iron1958–1960
Israel Tal1961
Oded MasarJuly to December 1961
Yeshayahu Gavish1961–1962
Elad Peled1962–1963
Gideon Elrom1963–1964
Rehavam Ze'evi1964–1968During Six-Day War
Yitzhak Hofi1968–1969
Herzl Shafir1969–1971
Yona Efrat1971–1973
Arie Levy1973–1974During Yom Kippur War
Mordechai Tzipori1974–1976
Avigdor Ben-Gal1976
Natan Sharoni1976–1978
Eitan Barak1978–1980
Uri Simchoni1980–1981
Giora Ram-Forman1981–1983During the First Lebanon War
Uri Sagi1983–1986
Amram Mitzna1986–1987
Giora Romm1987–1989
Zeev Livne1989–1992
Nehemiah Tamari1992–1993
Meir Dagan1993–1995
Eitan Ben Eliyahu1995–1996
Gabi Ashkenazi1996–1998
Dan Halutz1998–1999Post terminated; Halutz became head of the Operations Directorate

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