Dror Roffe

Dror Roffe was born in 1960

Dror Roffe was born in 1960 to Rachel and Yitzhak Roffe in Moshav Tashur. As a child his family moved to Moshav Hagor. He studied in Tzofit and at the Ami-Asaf middle school in Beit Berl, and was a member and counselor in the Moshavim Movement.

He joined the IDF and moved from Shayetet 13 training to the Golani reconnaissance unit. He was badly wounded in the First Lebanon War and later returned to command posts in Golani, leading its reconnaissance unit in 1989 and 1990. After a false report on his force during an operation was found, it was decided to remove him, and he left the army.

About 3 years later Gabi Ashkenazi called him back. He commanded Battalion 17, served as deputy commander of the Hiram Formation, then commanded the Oded Brigade and from 2000 the Baram Formation. In March 2002 he led a small force that killed 2 Hezbollah gunmen near Kibbutz Matzuva, and he ended his service as deputy commander of the Judea and Samaria Division.

He holds a degree in political science from the University of Haifa. After the army he worked in security consulting and project management at Elta, and farms and produces olive oil. He serves on the Drom HaSharon Regional Council and ran for council head in 2018. He is married to Mira and has 2 children.