Yehuda Fox (also Yehuda Fuchs, Hebrew: יהודה פוקס; born 10 April 1969) is an Israeli major general who currently commands the Central Command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).[1]
Previously he has commanded the Gaza Division of the (IDF).[2]
Fox was drafted into the IDF in 1987. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and a squad leader. He became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School.[3] Afterwards, he transferred to the Nahal Brigade and served as a platoon leader and as a company commander.
Fox led the Brigade's anti-tank company in counter-guerrilla operations in South Lebanon, commanded a Nahal battalion in counter-terror operations in the Second Intifada. Later he commanded the Judea Regional Brigade (434th Territorial Brigade "Yehuda" of the Judea and Samaria Division), IDF's Officer Candidate School, and the Nahal Brigade. In 2014, he was appointed head of the Paratroopers and Infantry Corps, and in 2016, commander of the Gaza Division.
In 2019, he was appointed IDF's next military attaché in the United States.[4]
In 2021, he replaced the outgoing commander of Central Command.[1]
On April 2024, Israeli media has announced he is stepping down from his position in the summer. It did not, however, specify the reason behind Fox’s planned resignation, which was announced hours after Aharon Haliva resigned over his failure to predict the Hamas attack.[5]