.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza, struck Israel on October 7th, Mate General Herzi Halevi was in a challenging posture. In January 2023, when he came to be main of basic staff of the Israel Defence Troop (IDF), the most elderly posture in Israel’s army, the police officer and also reserve corps were actually rental payment by branches over recommended reforms to the country’s High court. Some reservists threatened not to provide if the divisive head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his far-right coalition passed legislations diminishing the electrical powers of the judge.
It was just one of the army’s most unstable periods in recent times.