Yehuda Fox

Yehuda Fox was born in 1969 in Israel

Yehuda Fox was born on 10 April 1969. He is the son of Bracha and Rabbi David Fox, who came from Chicago. He grew up in a religious Zionist home in the Bayit VeGan neighborhood of Jerusalem and studied at a yeshiva.

He holds a law degree from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Haifa. He is also a graduate of the National Security College.

Fox joined the IDF in 1987 as a paratrooper and later moved to the Nahal Brigade. He led its anti-tank company in South Lebanon and a battalion in Hebron during the Second Intifada. He went on to command the Judea Brigade, the Officer Candidate School, the Nahal Brigade and the Gaza Division.

In 2019 he became a major general and the IDF attaché in the United States. In 2021 he took command of Central Command, where he served during the Swords of Iron war. He announced his retirement in April 2024 and left the post in July 2024.

In his farewell speech he spoke of the army's failure on October 7 and warned about nationalist crime in the West Bank. He is married to Lilach, has 2 children and lives in Kibbutz Horshim. In June 2025 Reichman University gave him an honorary doctorate.