.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza, assaulted Israel on Oct 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi remained in a hard setting. In January 2023, when he ended up being chief of overall staff of the Israel Protection Troop (IDF), the absolute most senior placement in Israel's army, the policeman and also get corps were rental payment by departments over proposed reforms to the nation's High court. Some reservists intimidated certainly not to offer if the divisive head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, and also his far-right coalition passed laws deteriorating the energies of the judge. It was just one of the soldiers's very most unstable time periods in latest times.