What is Gadi Eizenkot?
[[File:Gadi Eizenkot. I.jpg|300px|thumb|Gadi Eizenkot, 2015]] '''Gadi Eizenkot''', Hebrew: גדי איזנקוט, (born May 19, 1960 in [[Tiberias]]) has been the Chief of General Staff (''Ramatkal'') of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) since February 16, 2015. Eizenkot has the rank of [[lieutenant general]] (''rav aluf''). He has been an Israeli soldier since 1978. He commanded the following units: the Northern Command, the [[Golani Brigade]], the [[Judea and Samaria]] Division, and the Operations Directive. In between he was military secretary to prime minister [[Ehud Barak]] from 1999 to 2001. He fought in several wars, like the [[1982 Lebanon War]], the [[2006 Lebanon War]] and the [[Gaza War]]. Eizenkot is a [[Maghrebi Jews|Maghrebic Jew]] (he is of Jewish-[[Morocco|Moroccan]] descent). During his youth he lived in [[Eilat]]. He studied history at [[Tel Aviv University]] and political science at [[Haifa University]]. He also studied at the [[United States Army War College]]. He is married with five children, and lives in [[Herzliya]]. == References == * [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4597460,00.html Ynetnews] {{DEFAULTSORT:Eizenkot, Gadi}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Haifa University alumni]] [[Category:Israeli generals]] [[Category:Israeli Jews]] [[Category:Jewish military people]] [[Category:People from Tiberias]] [[Category:Tel Aviv University alumni]]