.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza, struck Israel on October 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi resided in a difficult posture. In January 2023, when he came to be chief of general staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the most senior posture in Israel's army, the policeman as well as book corps were rental payment by branches over recommended reforms to the nation's Supreme Court. Some reservists intimidated certainly not to provide if the disruptive prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and also his reactionary coalition passed laws damaging the electrical powers of the judge. It was among the army's very most turbulent time periods in latest opportunities.