Liron Betito

Liron Betito was born in 1980 in Beersheba

Betito was born in 1980 in Beersheba and grew up there. He lives in Meitar, is married to Amit, and is a father of 4.

He joined the IDF in 1998 and served in the Tzabar Battalion of the Givati Brigade, where he rose from platoon commander to deputy battalion commander. He commanded the battalion's support company during the Second Intifada and was deputy commander in Operation Cast Lead. He later commanded the Eilat border battalion, the Rotem Battalion and the Givati training base.

In 2018 he was promoted to colonel and commanded the Southern Brigade in the Gaza Strip until 2020. He then studied at the US Army War College in Pennsylvania, where he earned a master's degree in national security. He also holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Bar-Ilan University.

From 2021 he was operations officer of Southern Command, and in 2023 he became commander of the Givati Brigade, which he led in the Swords of Iron war. He set up an engineering company in the brigade that used armored D9 bulldozers to bring down buildings from outside, a tactic other brigades later adopted. In 2025 the Chief of Staff approved his appointment to command the Gaza Division, and he took up the post in 2026.