Central Command (Israel)

During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Central Command was in-charge of the war efforts against Jordan, particularly on the road to Jerusalem, occupying the "Small Triangle" (east Sharon), Lod, and Ramla. During the Six-Day War, the Command led the occupation of the West Bank from Jordan. As of the First Intifada, the Command primarily engages in security and counter-terrorism activities, as well as more conventional military measures, in the West Bank.

Towards the end of 2010 the deployment of IDF troops in and around the West Bank reached a new quantitative low with only half the number of infantry battalions serving where "dozens" were required during the first Intifada.[2]

Structure Central Command

• Central Command in Neve Yaakov
  • 98th "Ha-Esh"/"Fire" Paratroopers (Reserve) Division
  • 340th "Idan" (Reserve) Division
  • 877th "Judea and Samaria" (Territorial) Division
  • 417th "Jordan Valley" (Territorial) Infantry Brigade
    • 41st "Jordan Lions" Unisex Light Infantry Battalion
    • 47th "Young Lions" Unisex Light Infantry Battalion
  • 5004th "Central Command" Logistic Support Unit
  • Central Command Signal Battalion
  • Central Command Engineering Unit
  • Central Command Intelligence Unit
  • Central Command Military Police Unit
  • Central Command Medical Unit
  • 650th Maintenance Center

All commanders of the Central Command were ranked Aluf (Major General).

• Zvi Ayalon (1948–1952)
• Yosef Avidar (1952–1953)
• Zvi Ayalon (1954–1956)
• Zvi Zur (1956–1958)
• Meir Amit (1958–1959)
• Yosef Geva (1960–1966)
• Uzi Narkis (1966–1968)
• Rehav'am Ze'evi (1968–1972)
• Yona Efrat (1973–1977)
• Moshe Levi (1977–1981)
• Ori Orr (1981–1983)
• Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1983–1986)
• Ehud Barak (1986–1987)
• Amram Mitzna (1987–1989)
• Yitzhak Mordechai (1989–1991)
• Danny Yatom (1991–1993)
• Nehemiah Tamari (1993–1994) - KIA
• Danny Yatom (1994)
• Ilan Birn (1994–1995)
• Uzi Dayan (1996–1998)
• Moshe Ya'alon (1998–2000)
• Yitzhak Eitan (2000–2002)
• Moshe Kaplinsky (2002–2004)
• Yair Nave (2004–2007)
• Gadi Shamni (2007–2009)
• Avi Mizrahi (2009–2012)[3]
• Nitzan Alon (2012–2015)
• Roni Numa (2015–2018)
• Nadav Padan (2018–)