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Ilan Paz

Ilan Paz is a retired Israeli brigadier general who began as a Shayetet 13 officer and later headed the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria.

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Born: 11 February 1960, Haifa
Occupation: military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: 1982 Lebanon War

Ilan Paz was born in 1960 in Haifa

Ilan Paz was born on February 11, 1960, in Haifa. He grew up there as the son of Carmela and Uri Paz, who served in the navy. He attended Ironi Hey High School on the Carmel.

Paz joined the IDF in 1978 and volunteered for Shayetet 13, the naval commando unit. He led a force in the Awali River landing on the first day of the 1982 Lebanon War. He later commanded the missile boat INS Yafo and served as deputy commander of Shayetet 13.

In 1996 he became commander of the Menashe Brigade and later led the Binyamin Brigade during the Second Intifada. On April 15, 2002, he commanded the operation to capture Marwan Barghouti. In 2002 he was promoted to brigadier general and named head of the Civil Administration, where he clashed with settler leaders over outposts.

Paz holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Haifa, earned in 1994, and graduated from the French École Militaire in 1999. After leaving the army in 2006, he joined the Council for Peace and Security and helped write the security annex of the Geneva Initiative. He is married to Rotem Cohen, and they live in Kerem Maharal.