.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant team that runs Gaza, attacked Israel on October 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi was in a hard setting. In January 2023, when he ended up being main of general team of the Israel Protection Forces (IDF), one of the most elderly setting in Israel's military, the policeman and book corps were rental fee by divisions over suggested reforms to the country's Supreme Court. Some reservists threatened not to serve if the dissentious head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, as well as his far-right union passed laws compromising the powers of the judge. It was among the military's most rough time periods in recent opportunities.