IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has decided to place the General Staff Corps, a top-level unit only activated in wartime, under the Ground Forces, the military says.
The corps is currently led by Maj. Gen. David Zini, who is being dismissed from the military, after being appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head the Shin Bet security agency, a move done without consulting Zamir.
The move means that after Zini leaves the army, no major generals will be appointed to the position of head of the General Staff Corps. Instead, the role will likely go to a brigadier general, as it will be subordinate to the Ground Forces, led by Maj. Gen. Nadav Lotan.
The supposed role of the General Staff Corps in wartime is to operate troops on a tactical level, while freeing the regional command to engage in planning and strategy.
In reality, the General Staff Corps is rarely used, and its commander, currently Zini, is simultaneously responsible for the IDF’s Training Command.
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