Yossi Bachar

Yossi Bachar
Yossi Bachar.
Native name	יוסי בכר
Born	Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1983-
Rank	Aluf (Major general)
Unit	Paratroopers Brigade
Commands held	101st "Peten" (Elapidae) paratroop battalion, Maglan Unit, 55th Paratroopers Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, Gaza Division, IDF's General Staff Corps
Battles/wars	South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) First Intifada Second Intifada 2006 Lebanon War Operation Cast Lead Operation Pillar of Defense Operation Protective Edge

Yossi Bachar (Hebrew: יוסי בכר‎‎; born 1967) is an Israeli Major general (Aluf) who commandes the IDF's General Staff Corps.

Military service

Bachar was drafted into the IDF in 1983. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade, and in 1985 became an as an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School. During his career Bachar led the Brigade's Reconnaissance company,^[1] 101st "Peten" (Elapidae) paratroop battalion and Maglan Unit in counter-guerrilla operations in South Lebanon.^[2] During Operation Defensive Shield he commanded 55th Paratroopers Brigade and afterwords he led the 35th Paratroopers Brigade in counter-terror operations in the Second Intifada. Bachar was then assigned to command the Gaza Division. In September 2014 he was appointed as the commander of the IDF's General Staff Corps.

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