IDF Central Command

IDF, Shin Bet arrest 10 suspects connected to attack on US journalist, EU diplomats in West Bank

Defense Minister Israel Katz tried to transfer the authority over actions taken by extremist settlers in the West Bank from the IDF to the Israel Police.

Israeli security forces and armed settlers evacuate activists from the area of olive tree plantation in Idna village near Hebron, on October 13, 2026.
Graffiti depicting Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the directors of the documentary film NAZA, and the word "traitors" in Hebrew, on a wall in Ashdod Tuesday, September 15, 2026.

Crash-and-burn: Inside Israel’s self-defeating defense against ‘NAZA,’ BBC's war crimes allegations

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a conference of senior command staf at the Glilot IDF base on October 4, 2026.

Zamir: IDF to overhaul intelligence, force readiness after October 7 investigations

Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the market in the Old City of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, September 27, 2026

IDF reinforces West Bank amid growing tensions as settlers, Palestinians clash in villages


Five right-wing settlers arrested after attempted attack on IDF Central Command chief in Hebron

Five settlers were arrested, and the IDF condemned the incident that saw the settlers block military activities and harass the Central Command chief.

 Jewish settlers seen while Palestinian farmers pick olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, West Bank, October 20, 2024

Israel, CENTCOM ties have been essential amid Gaza war

The war in Gaza has been a showcase of how US-Israel relations, and particularly military-to-military relations are important. Central Command is a key component of this.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and US CENTCOM commander Michael Eric Kurilla holding a situation assessment on the threat from Iran, April 12, 2024.

'Act patiently and cautiously in the North,' says former senior defense official

Zohar Palti, a former senior defense official at Israel's Defense Ministry, commended former Major General Yehuda Fuchs' resignation speech and cautioned action in northern Israel.

 IDF brigades training in northern Israel, June 13, 2024.

New right-wing central commander likely to be harder on Palestinian terrorism

Israeli settlers have accused the last few IDF central commanders of spending too much time cracking down on Jewish violence versus Palestinian violence.

Brigade Commander Colonel Avi Bluth 370

IDF, defense heads meet settlers to smooth over terror wave tensions

IDF Central Commander Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs has been a regular verbal punching bag for some Religious Zionist party and local West Bank political officials.

 Israeli security forces seen at the entrance to the West Bank city of Hebron, after the deadly shooting attack on Route 60, August 21, 2023