The IDF set up the Depth Command in 2012, in a process overseen by the current chief of staff, Eisenkot.
From right to left: IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, Maj.-Gen. Roni Numa, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Tal Russo, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon(photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)ByYAAKOV LAPPIN