Aviv Kohavi
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Aviv Kohavi is an Israeli former general who served as the 22nd Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 15 January 2019 to 16 January 2023. Before becoming Lieutenant General, he was
Kohavi in 2019
Kohavi enlisting in the army, 1982
Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi with Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Tod D. Wolters.
Kohavi with President Reuven Rivlin in 2020, to mark the anniversary of Atidim. In the background is an Israeli relief made of basalt ash.
2022 Gaza–Israel clashes
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The 2022 Gaza–Israel clashes code-named as Operation Breaking Dawn lasted from 5 to 7 August 2022. The Israel Defense Forces conducted some 147 airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired appro
Aviv Kohavi
…as IDF Chief of Staff by an additional year. In July, the government approved the extension of term. In August 2022, Kohavi led Israeli forces during Operation Breaking Dawn. On 16 January 2023, Kohavi handed over his role to Herzi Halevi and officially finished his active military service. Kohavi is vegetarian, is married…
Destruction following the Israeli airstrike during the escalation in August 2022.
A direct hit of a Palestinian rocket in the Israeli city of Ashqelon, 6 August 2022