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Yuval Halamish

Yuval Halamish is an Israeli brigadier general in the reserves who served as the IDF's Chief Field Intelligence Officer and Chief Intelligence Officer.

born 1957IDF Chief Intelligence OfficerChief Field Intelligence OfficerCo-founding the Havatzalot programLeading the Jordan River Village

Occupation: educator, military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: South Lebanon conflict, 1982 Lebanon War

Yuval Halamish was born in 1957 in Binyamina

Halamish was born in 1957 in Binyamina, where he also went to school. His parents were Rivka and Isser Halamish, a senior figure in the Palmach and the IDF.

He was dropped from pilot training and moved to the Paratroopers, then to the Intelligence Corps after an injury. He was intelligence officer of the Paratroopers Brigade from 1980 to 1982 and fought in the First Lebanon War. He later held senior intelligence posts, including Northern Command intelligence officer from 1995 to 1998 and head of the collection department in Military Intelligence.

In 2003 he became a brigadier general and Chief Field Intelligence Officer, and in 2005 Chief Intelligence Officer. In 2009 he was loaned to the National Security Council to head its security policy division. He was released from the IDF in 2011.

From 2011 to 2014 he worked as a consultant in the technology sector. From 2014 to 2023 he was director general of the Jordan River Village, a camp for children with serious illnesses. In 2023 he became director general of the Intelligence Heritage Center in Glilot.

Yuval Halamish's life in 10 milestones

1957
Born in Binyamina.
1980
Became intelligence officer of the Paratroopers Brigade.
1995
Became Northern Command intelligence officer.
2003
Promoted to brigadier general and named Chief Field Intelligence Officer.
2005
Appointed Chief Intelligence Officer.
2009
Named head of the security policy division at the National Security Council.
2010
Joined the committee reviewing the IDF's handling of the Gaza flotilla.
2011
Released from the IDF.
2014
Became director general of the Jordan River Village.
2023
Became director general of the Intelligence Heritage Center.

Yuval Halamish served in Combat Intelligence Collection Corps

He served in the Paratroopers and the Intelligence Corps, fighting in the First Lebanon War as the Paratroopers Brigade intelligence officer. He rose to brigadier general and served as Chief Field Intelligence Officer from 2003 and Chief Intelligence Officer from 2005 until 2009.

Combat Intelligence Collection Corps