.EVEN BEFORE Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza, struck Israel on October 7th, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi remained in a difficult position. In January 2023, when he came to be chief of overall team of the Israel Support Forces (IDF), the best senior placement in Israel's military, the officer and also book corps were actually rent through departments over proposed reforms to the country's Supreme Court. Some reservists intimidated certainly not to offer if the dissentious head of state, Binyamin Netanyahu, as well as his far-right coalition passed rules deteriorating the powers of the judge. It was among the soldiers's most unstable time frames in latest times.