Avi Rosenfeld

Avi Rosenfeld was born in 1974 in Ein HaShofet

Rosenfeld was born on December 26, 1974, and grew up on Kibbutz Ein HaShofet. He went to school on the kibbutz and at the Harei Ephraim regional high school. He is married to Talia and has 4 children.

He holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and a master's degree in political science from the University of Haifa. He is a graduate of the Wexler Foundation senior leadership program.

He joined the IDF in November 1993 and served in the Nahal Reconnaissance Platoon, fighting in southern Lebanon. He left in 1998 and returned in 1999 as a company commander in the Nahal Brigade. He later served in the Shaldag Unit, including in the Second Lebanon War, and became its deputy commander.

He commanded the Shaldag Unit from 2012 to 2015, then the Sharon Regional Brigade, the Northern Gaza Brigade, the Bislamach Brigade and the Oz Brigade. In August 2022 he took command of the Gaza Division. On October 7, 2023, militants from Gaza attacked Israeli communities and army posts in his sector.

On June 9, 2024, he announced his resignation, writing that he had failed to protect the border communities. His conduct that day drew criticism in the media and from his superiors. In November 2025, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir dismissed him from reserve duty.