.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza, struck Israel on October 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi was in a tough posture. In January 2023, when he became chief of overall team of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the absolute most elderly setting in Israel’s soldiers, the police officer as well as book corps were actually lease by divisions over recommended reforms to the nation’s High court. Some reservists threatened not to provide if the divisive prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his far-right coalition passed regulations weakening the electrical powers of the court.
It was just one of the army’s most turbulent time frames in recent opportunities.