Elad Shushan

Elad Shushan was born in 1981 in Yated

Shushan was born in 1981 and grew up in Moshav Yated in the Eshkol Regional Council. He studied at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa and at the military boarding school for command. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in business administration.

He joined the IDF in November 2000 and served in the Paratroopers reconnaissance unit, first as a fighter and later as a team commander and deputy commander. He took part in Operation Defensive Shield and in fighting during the Second Intifada. He later commanded companies in the Paratroopers, including during Operation Cast Lead, and served in the Second Lebanon War.

He commanded the Paratroopers reconnaissance unit from 2011 to 2012 and was deputy commander of the Maglan unit during Operation Protective Edge. He commanded Battalion 101 from 2016 to 2018 and was deputy commander of the Paratroopers Brigade from 2018 to 2020. After his promotion to colonel in 2020 he commanded the Paran Brigade.

In September 2023 he became commander of the Shualei Marom Brigade and led it in the Swords of Iron War in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. In 2025 he was appointed IDF attaché in China. He is married to Inbal and has 4 children.