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New head of the IDF Southern Command to take up role on Wednesday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, Head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, attends a ceremony held at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem on July 8, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor will enter the role of head of the IDF Southern Command on Wednesday, the military says.
Asor, the former head of the Personnel Directorate, is replacing Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, who is resigning over his part in the failures that led to Hamas’s October 7 onslaught.
He was appointed by new IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir last week.
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