Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityThe appointment comes after Defense Minister Israel Katz fired Avi Bluth's live on television, then retracted it a day laterShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYaniv Kubovich12:13 AM • September 01 2026 IDTThe Israeli military announced Monday that the head of the IDF Manpower Directorate will be appointed chief of Central Command, following the Defense Minister's public firing of the current chief and eventually retracting it a day later.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:IDFIsrael policeIsrael KatzEyal ZamirCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesE1 West BankChief RabbiBritish AcitivistEl-Sayed NetanyahuNBC CrewRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIDF Names New Central Command Chief Amid Ongoing Friction Over West Bank PolicyIsrael's Far-right Leaders Dodged the Draft but Now Preach War and ExpulsionU.S., Israel, Palestine: Three Dramatic Elections in One MonthEarth's Magnetic Field Can Help Archaeologists Sniff Out Forged AntiquitiesNobel Prize-winning Israeli Chemist Ada Yonath Dies at 87Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Parents to Suspend Classes at Tel Aviv School Over Admission of Migrant ChildrenBen-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes