Aviv Kochavi

Former IDF Chief says Gaza wasn't seen as an existential threat; Iran was top priority

Former Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi discussed the implications of military decisions and strategic focus shaping Israel's recent security policies.

 IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi
 Incoming IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Amir Baram gives remarks at his inauguration ceremony, October 31, 2022.

IDF General Amir Baram assumes Deputy Chief of Staff position

 IDF conducts large-scale exercise to prepare for next round of conflict with Gaza

Senior IDF officer pens scathing report against the Israeli military

 MINISTERS ARE certain he is running for political office. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi at the Rabin memorial this week.

Kohavi is right to reject court compromise to allow Franken to remain in IDF - editorial


Kochavi: Cutting defense budget would be 'grave mistake'

Chief of Staff warns against false sense of security as military gears up to fight for Momentum plan budget.

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi speaks at a ceremony marking the IDF’s role in the fight against the coronavirus, June 8, 2020.

IDF soldier who lost leg in terror attack honored by chief of staff

Ibrahim served in the IDF Armored Corps unit when he was struck by a car in a ramming attack in the West Bank earlier this month.

St.-Sgt. Shadi Ibrahim (L) bumping elbows with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi (R)

Kochavi fires officer, censures 4 others for role in soldier's suicide

Cpl. Niv Lubaton committed suicide after he was being recruited as a source by Military Police.

22'd IDF Chief Aviv Kochavi

How will the IDF operate under its third defense minister in a year?

Since Kochavi began his role in January of last year, he has had to work with two defense ministers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett.

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi

Israel’s Security Heads join Commemorative Project of March of the Living

‘The State of Israel and the IDF are the Face of Victory’

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi

Officers disciplined after violating coronavirus regulations

A company commander and team commander for training communications soldiers was removed from his position after allowing the group to break regulations set forth to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Ir Habahadim, or the “city of training bases,"

Corona crisis, Israel’s unity government, and Israeli national security

The US exit from the flawed 2015 nuclear agreement has prompted Iran to test the patience of the international community.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Hilltop youth quarantined together after refusing state facility

The group rioted on police bus, broke windows and tried to escape after fearing they were being taken to a Shin Bet detention center.

Police at a temporary "checkpoint" on road number 1 outside Jerusalem on April 8, 2020, to check if people are not disobeying the governments orders on a lockdown, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Chief of Staff visits Bnei Brak as IDF distributes food

In an attempt to curb the continued spread of the highly infectious and deadly virus, Bnei Brak was turned into a “restricted” city, with residents only allowed to leave for specific reasons.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi visits Bnei Brak

1,000 police officers enforcing a lockdown on Bnei Brak

“Bnei Brak is the first place, not the last."

Israeli police officers take out ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, as part of an effort to enforce lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, April 2, 2020.