General Israel Tal, commander of the Israeli tank force during the Six-Day War and now chief of the General Staff Department of the Israeli Defense Forces, has been appointed Deputy Chief of Staff.
Tal, who will also maintain his present post, will be a deputy to Chief of Staff, General David Elazar for the second time in his career. He was Elazar’s deputy-when Elazar commanded the Armoured Corps.
Later as head of the Armoured Corps, Tal headed a division that cracked Egyptian forces in the northern section of the Sinai front in the Six-Day War.
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