.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that operates Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi remained in a challenging placement. In January 2023, when he came to be main of standard team of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), one of the most senior position in Israel’s military, the officer and book corps were rent by divisions over proposed reforms to the nation’s Supreme Court. Some reservists endangered not to offer if the disruptive head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, and also his far-right coalition passed rules weakening the energies of the court.
It was among the army’s most stormy periods in latest times.