.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that manages Gaza, assaulted Israel on Oct 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi resided in a complicated posture. In January 2023, when he came to be chief of basic workers of the Israel Protection Troop (IDF), the absolute most elderly position in Israel's army, the policeman as well as book corps were rental payment by divisions over recommended reforms to the country's Supreme Court. Some reservists intimidated certainly not to serve if the dissentious head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, as well as his far-right union passed legislations damaging the energies of the judge. It was among the army's most turbulent time frames in latest times.