Aharon Haliva


Aharon Haliva is an Israeli Major general who commandes the IDF's Operations Directorate.

Military service

Haliva was drafted into the IDF in 1985. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade, and in 1985 became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School. Haliva fought as a platoon leader at the 202 paratroop battalion in Operation Law and Order in Lebanon. later on he led 202 paratroop battalion in South Lebanon and during the Second Intifada. Afterwards he commanded the Paratroopers Brigade's training base and the 55th Paratroopers Brigade. later on he led the Efraim Regional Brigade in counter-terror operations and commanded the IDF's Officer Candidate School. Then he was assigned as the commander of the 35th Paratroopers Brigade.
Later on he commanded the 98th Paratroopers Division, the Operations Division of the IDF's Operations Directorate and in 2016 he was appointed head of the IDF's Technological and Logistics Directorate.