Aviram Elad

Aviram Elad was born in 1978

Aviram Elad was born in 1978 and grew up in Yavne. He holds a bachelor's degree in government and politics from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. He lives in Neve Ziv.

He joined the IDF in 1997 and volunteered for the Duvdevan unit, where he rose from fighter to platoon commander. He later commanded the lead company of the Paratroopers' 890th Battalion. In reserve service he commanded the Sanai unit in the Second Lebanon War, later led the 697th Battalion, and was promoted to colonel in February 2022.

After a TV interview, writer Ron Leshem offered him a job coordinating reporters at the nrg news site, and he left the army to take it. He then worked at Keshet and became news editor at Haaretz. In March 2011 he moved to Walla as head of its news desk.

He said he left Walla in 2014 over interference in coverage of the Netanyahu family. He returned as editor in chief of Walla! NEWS on October 25, 2016, and in February 2018 gave testimony in the Bezeq-Elovitch affair. In August 2018 he left to head the blockchain channel Block TV.

In August 2021 he was appointed CEO of Channel 13 News, replacing Israel Twito. He resigned in June 2023 after a long decline in the ratings of the main evening newscast.