Shay Avital Military person

Shay Avital Rapoport (Hebrew: שי אביטל‎; born in 1952) is a Major General (Ret.) in the IDF and former head of the Special Operations Forces Command (Depth Corps).During his military career Avital was, among others, Commander of Sayeret Matkal, the 36th Armored Division and the Northern Corpus.

Personal facts

Shay Avital
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1952
Birth place
Israel , Moshav

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Military person

military operations
Yom Kippur War
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
First Intifada
Second Intifada
1982 Lebanon War
military branch
Israel Defense Forces
military command
*36th Armored Division
*Battalion Commander in the 188th Brigade
*Chief of Staff of IDF Northern
*Depth Corps
*Ephraim Territorial Brigade
*Northern Corpus
*Reserves Brigade
*Sayeret Matkal
service start1970
service end2002

Topical connections

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Shay Avital on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-announces-new-depth-command-for-long-range-military-operations-1.401643
  2. http://www.kab.co.il/kabbalah/יוני-הסיפור-האמיתי
  3. http://www.sviva.gov.il/bin/en.jsp?enPage=e_BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=Object&enDispWho=odotHamisrad%5El550&enZone=director_general_moe
  4. http://www.yoni.org.il/en/battle.php