Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also the defense minister, approves the appointment of Brig. Gen. Yaakov Banjo as head of the Northern Corps.
Banjo, who will be promoted to major general for the new position, will also remain in his current post as head of battle doctrine and training in the army’s Operations Directorate.
The commander of a corps, or gayis in Hebrew, is a position activated in wartime that wields tactical and operational command of the combat divisions in a regional command. Banjo will serve as Northern Corps commander only in the event of a war, freeing his superior, the head of the entire Northern Command, to deal with the broader strategy of the war and to better interface with the political echelons.
The Northern Corps has been headed until now by Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Amir Baram.
The northern border is viewed by Israeli strategic planners as the country’s most dangerous, facing Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iranian encroachment in Syria.
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