Fallen.

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"Perhaps this indicates that Israeli officers were actively involved in frontline combat, as part of their military doctrine - commanders lead their subordinates from the front ranks." - Yulia Kaplan.

As has been noted in several prior blog entries, a number of high-ranking Israeli officers have lost their lives in combat since 6 October.

“'Colonel Fall' in Israel: Losses of IDF officers are critical"

ABNORMAL AND CRITICAL BOTH!! 

From https://avia-pro.net | 2023-10-20.

"Following the release of official IDF death tolls, many analysts and observers noted the high percentage of senior officers among the dead. This issue came up on the agenda and caused a wide resonance."

"Of the 170 military personnel killed, 24 were senior officers. This represents almost 15% of the total death toll. For an army where senior officers make up a significantly smaller percentage of the total military personnel, such losses seem truly anomalous."

Below is a list of losses only for the first four days: [beginning 6 October]

List of dead Israeli colonels:

Colonel Roy Yosef Levy, Special Forces, "Multi-Domain Unit"

Colonel Yehonatan Steinberg, Nahal Brigade

Lieutenant Colonel Avichai Amsalem, Special Forces Reserve Brigade

Lieutenant Colonel Elim Abdalla Mianuh Jat, Deputy Commander of the 300th Brigade

Lt. Col. Eli Ginsberg, Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Tzur, Nahal Brigade

Lieutenant Colonel Sahar Sion Makhlouf, Gaza Division Headquarters.

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List of dead Israeli majors:

Major Ili Zisser, military intelligence

Major Israel Amichai Witzen, Border Guard Corps

Major Eitan Menachem Naaman, Special Forces Reserve Brigade

Major Uriel Bibi, Parachute Brigade

Major Yuval Gabbay, Law Enforcement Unit

Major Mordechai Shamir Mikir, Golani Brigade

Major Lior ben Yaakov, military police

Major Tal Maman, Military Police

Major Ido Israel Shani, Nahal Brigade

 Major Tal Cohen, Special Forces

 Major Roy Chapel, Nahal Brigade

 Major Peleg Salem, Logistics Officer

 Major Ariel Ben Moshe, Special Forces

 Major Vitaly Skipkevich, special forces

 Major Ido Yehoshua, Air Force Special Forces

 Major Abraham Khovlashovili, Border Guard Corps

 Major Chen Bukhris, Special Forces

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List of dead Israeli captains:

Captain Ben Bronstein, Special Forces

Captain Yuval Livni, Special Forces Reserve Brigade

Captain Raz Peretz, Golani Brigade

Captain Roy Negri, instructor

Captain Tal Grosh, Nahal Brigade

Captain Or Yosef Ran, Special Forces

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Consequences for the IDF:

"Such losses in command personnel can cause significant problems in the coordination and control of troops. The lack of experienced commanders can also affect the moral and psychological state of the troops."

NOR must we forget the capture of the Israeli retired General Nimrod Aloni as taken hostage. A high-value target if there ever was one!

Personally I totally concur with the observations of Yulia Kaplan. Israeli senior commanders in the thick of the fray, exposing themselves fully 100 % so to the dangers of the personnel under their leadership. Leaders leading!

[P.S. The thought occurred to me that these senior officers took the initiative and formed ad hoc units of whatever armed Israeli they could find and rushed to the area of the incursion without waiting for orders. Senior officers leading about a squad level element into a chaotic situation.

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