Itai Ofir has officially entered the role of military advocate general after being promoted to the rank of major general today, the IDF announces.
A small ceremony was held today at the military’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, attended by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Defense Minister Israel Katz, other top officers, and Ofir’s family.
Ofir is an attorney who served as the Defense Ministry legal adviser between 2017 and 2024. Before that, he worked as a lawyer in the private sector in Israel and the United States.
In the military, Ofir was a combat officer in the Givati Brigade, and in the reserves served in the Negev Brigade.
As such, he was promoted by five ranks, from captain to major general.
Ofir replaces Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi as the IDF’s top lawyer. Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned last month over the Sde Teiman abuse video leak scandal.
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