Incoming head of IDF’s Computer Service Directorate promoted to major general

By Emanuel Fabian

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29 August 2024, 5:16 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Maj. Gen. Aviad Dagan (center) receives the rank of major general during a ceremony at the military headquarters in Tel Aviv, August 29, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Aviad Dagan, the incoming chief of the IDF’s Computer Service Directorate, is promoted to the rank of major general.

Dagan, who began his military service in the Israeli Air Force, previously headed the directorate’s digital transformation division, and before that, he was the commander of the Hatzerim Airbase.

Amid the Gaza war, he has served as a navigator in the IAF’s 201st Squadron.

Dagan is due to enter the role of head of the Computer Service Directorate in the coming month, replacing Maj. Gen. Eran Niv, the IDF says.

A ceremony today is attended by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, other generals, and Dagan’s family.