Gilad Peled

Gilad Peled was born in 1974 in Israel

Gilad Peled was born in Israel on December 12, 1974. He is the son of electrochemist Emanuel Peled, a winner of the Israel Prize. He is married for the second time and has 4 children.

Peled joined the IDF in 1993 and completed the pilot course as a fighter pilot. He flew the F-15 and commanded a training squadron at the flight school. He left regular service in 2006 as a major and flew in the reserves during the Second Lebanon War.

After his release he ran the Jaffa development authority of the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality for about 4 years. He returned to regular service in 2012 and commanded 105 Squadron from 2014, including during Operation Protective Edge. In 2017 he became head of the control and operations unit, and from May 2019 to July 2022 he commanded Ramat David Airbase.

In 2021 he was slated to become a brigadier general, but he chose to retire. In March 2023 he was suspended from operational duty over claims that he led a reservist protest against the judicial reform. He denied it, and the suspension was lifted the next day. In 2023 he became CEO of Enlight MENA.