Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member, and government minister.
Rafael Eitan
Eitan as a commander in the Harel Brigade, 1948
Raful Eitan (squatting, right) with members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged (November 1955). Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. Ariel Sharon, Lt. Gen Moshe Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Maj. Gen Asaf Simchoni; On ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. Rafael Eitan.
Eitan, left, with General Israel Tal during the Six-Day War
Chief of the General Staff (Israel)
The Chief of the General Staff, also known as the Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Defense Forces, is the professional head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The current Chief of the General Staff is Herzi Halevi.
Chief of the General Staff (Israel)
Image: Yaakov Dori 2
Image: Yigael Yadin, Chief of General Staff
Image: Mordechai Maklef 1952