Roy Zweig-Lavi

Roy Zweig-Lavi was born in 1983 in Haifa

Roy Zweig-Lavi was born on January 2, 1983, and grew up in Haifa. He attended the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa and was a cadet at the military boarding school for command. He is married and has 3 children.

He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Haifa. He also holds a master's degree in business administration from Ben-Gurion University.

He joined the army in 2001 and served in Battalion 890 of the Paratroopers, where he fought in the Second Intifada. He led a company there in Operation Cast Lead and later headed training at Sayeret Matkal. During Operation Protective Edge he set up and commanded a force of officers from the paratroopers training base.

He commanded Battalion 202 from 2016 to 2018 and the Maglan unit from 2018 to 2020. He then commanded the Samaria Brigade and was lightly wounded in a shooting attack at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus in 2022. After serving as operations officer of Central Command, he became commander of the Paratroopers Brigade in 2025.