.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza, attacked Israel on Oct 7th, Mate General Herzi Halevi was in a hard position. In January 2023, when he became chief of basic team of the Israel Defence Troop (IDF), the most elderly position in Israel's army, the officer as well as book corps were rent by departments over suggested reforms to the nation's Supreme Court. Some reservists intimidated certainly not to provide if the divisive prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, as well as his far-right coalition passed legislations deteriorating the electrical powers of the judge. It was one of the army's most stormy periods in current times.