Moshe Ivri-Sukenik

Moshe Ivri-Sukenik was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv

Moshe Ivri-Sukenik was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. He grew up as an outside child on Kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim.

He joined the Armored Corps in 1967 and led a platoon in the War of Attrition before his release in 1970. In the Yom Kippur War he returned from London and commanded a company in Battalion 100 at the Battle of the Chinese Farm, earning the Medal of Courage. He later worked in trucking and managed branches of the towing company Magor.

In 1981 he returned to career service and led Battalion 184 in the First Lebanon War. He went on to command brigades and divisions, and in 1994 he took command of Corps 446 as a major general. He headed the Ground Forces Command from 1998 and was IDF attaché in the United States from 2001 until he retired in 2004.

After the Second Lebanon War he reviewed the performance of Division 162. In 2007 he again commanded Corps 446 and retired in early 2008. He holds degrees from Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa, is married with 3 children, and lives in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut.