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Yisrael Shomer takes over as head of IDF Operations Division; outgoing chief to lead intelligence directorate

By Emanuel Fabian

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25 June 2024, 5:45 pm Edit

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

Brig. Gen. Yisrael Shomer, the incoming head of the Operations Division during a handover ceremony at the IDF HQ in Tel Aviv, June 25, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Brig. Gen. Yisrael Shomer has entered the role of head of the IDF’s Operations Division, a unit under the Operations Directorate.

Shomer replaces Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder who served in the role for the past two years, and is due to become the military’s next intelligence chief.

Shomer until recently served as the commander of the 146th Division, the IDF’s largest reserve division, which has been operating in the Western Galilee since the beginning of the war.

Binder is due to replace Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva as the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate in the coming period.