Gadi Eizenkot
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Gadi Eizenkot, 2016
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| Native name | גדי איזנקוט |
| Born |
19 May 1960 Tiberias, Israel |
| Allegiance |
 Israel
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| Service/branch | Operations Directorate, Northern Command |
| Years of service | 1978– |
| Rank |
 Rav Aluf (highest rank; Lieutenant general) |
| Commands held | Commander of the Northern Command, Commander of the Golani Brigade, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister, Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, Commander of the Operations Directorate |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Gadi Eizenkot (Hebrew: גדי איזנקוט; born May 19, 1960) is the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, taking the oath of office on February 16, 2015. He is the originator of the so-called Dahiya doctrine.
Gadi Eizenkot was born in Tiberias, in northern Israel. He is the second of four children to Ester and Meir,Jewish Moroccan immigrants from the town of Safi. His mother was born in Casablanca, and his father was born in Marrakesh.
Eizenkot grew up in the southern port city of Eilat, and studied at Goldwater High School, majoring in naval studies, but later chose to enlist to Golani infantry brigade.
He received a B.A. in history from Tel Aviv University and attended the United States Army War College for a master's degree.
Eizenkot did his military service in the Golani Brigade, of which he became commander in 1997-98. He served as a soldier, a squad leader and a platoon Leader. In the First Lebanon War he served as a Company commander in Golani brigade. During the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) he served as the brigade's Operations Officer and as the commander of the Golani Orev Company. Later, he served as Golani's 13th Battalion commander, the Deputy to the Commander of the Brigade and an operations officer of the Northern Command. In 1997 he replaced Col. Erez Gerstein and was appointed commander of the Golani Brigade. During that time Eizenkot led the brigade in a series of opertations in southern Lebanon that resulted 40 Hezbollah operatives killed.
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