Pillar of Defense 2014 Protective Edge 2021 Guardian of the Walls Appendices List of Chiefs of the General Staff Other famous generals and soldiers Yanush Ben Gal, Yom Kippur War hero, held back Syrian forces Tat-Aluf (Brigadier General) Efi Eitam, head of the National Religious Party Aluf (Major General) Yair Naveh, highest ranking religious combat general Tat-Aluf Arie Eldad, chief military physician, professor of medicine Aluf-Mishne (Colonel) Imad Fares, Druze officer, commander of Givati Brigade (2001–2003) Amos Yarkoni, the first commander of the Shaked Reconnaissance Battalion of the Givati Brigade, and one of six Israeli Arabs to be awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service Meir Har-Zion, Unit 101 commando raider Avigdor Kahalani, Yom Kippur War general, held back Syrian forces Zvika Greengold, tank commander who fought against enormous odds in the Golan Heights in the early hours of the Yom Kippur War Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, a war hero of Sayeret Matkal, killed in Operation Entebbe Meir Pa'il, commander of the IDF officers' college, and military historian Aluf (Major General) "Musa" Moshe Peled, armor general Aluf Mishne Ilan Ramon, senior F-16 pilot, bombed Iraqi reactor in 1981, first Israeli astronaut, died in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster Aluf Ariel Sharon, commander of Unit 101, general of armored division during Yom Kippur War, prime minister until 11 April 2006. Tat-Aluf Yiftah Spector, senior F-16 pilot, bombed Iraqi reactor Aluf "Talik" Israel Tal, the "Father" of the Merkava main battle tank project Aluf Matan Vilnai, general and Labour Party member Aluf Amram Mitzna, general, former Labor party leader Aluf Yitzhak Mordechai, senior paratroop commander, former defense minister Admiral Ami Ayalon, commander of the Israeli Navy and later head of the Shin Bet internal security service. Aluf Meir Zorea, Major-General and Commander of Tank Corps during 1967 War. See also History of Israel History of the Israeli Air Force Israeli casualties of war Jewish military history List of modern conflicts in the Middle East List of the Israel Defense Forces operations List of wars involving Israel Palestinian political violence Timeline of the Arab–Israeli conflict References Israel Defense Forces Military history of Israel Defense Forces