Eyal Eizenberg

Eyal Eizenberg was born in 1963 in Kfar Bialik

Eizenberg was born in Kfar Bialik in 1963 and grew up there. His father, Moshe Eizenberg, was a farmer, and he is one of 4 children. His uncle is Major General Uri Sagi, a former head of Military Intelligence.

He finished school at ORT Kiryat Bialik. He later graduated from the IDF Command and Staff College and earned a master's degree in business administration from Tel Aviv University.

He enlisted in 1981 and began pilot training but left it for the Shaldag Unit, where he rose to company commander. He served in Maglan and Givati, commanded Shaldag from 1996 to 1999, and commanded Givati from 2003 to 2005. In November 2005 he took command of a paratroopers division and led it in the Second Lebanon War, which the Winograd Commission criticized.

In November 2008 he took command of the Gaza Division and led its ground forces in Operation Cast Lead. In 2010 he was reprimanded over the shelling of a UN compound in Gaza. In June 2011 he became head of the Home Front Command, served there during Pillar of Defense and Protective Edge, and retired in 2015.

He is married to Ilanit, has 3 children and lives in Moshav Ben Shemen.