Amir Baram

Amir Baram
Amir Baram
	Amir Baram
Native name	אמיר ברעם
Born	Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service/branch	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1988–
Rank	Aluf (Major general)
Unit	Paratroopers Brigade
Commands held	890 "Efe" (Echis) paratroop battalion; Maglan Unit,; Reserve Paratroopers Brigade; Paratroopers Brigade; 98th Paratroopers Division; 91st Division; the Military Colleges; Northern Command;
Battles/wars	South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000); First Intifada; Second Intifada; 2006 Lebanon War; Operation Cast Lead; Operation Pillar of Defense; Operation Protective Edge;

Amir Baram (Hebrew: אמיר ברעם; born 1969) is an Israeli general (aluf) who is the current commander of the IDF's Northern Command.

Military service[]

Maj. Gen. Amir Baram during a military exercise in Israel's northern region.

Maj. Gen. Amir Baram with US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, June 2017.

Baram was drafted into the IDF in 1988. He joined the Paratroopers Brigade.^[1] He served as a soldier and a squad leader. He became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School and return to the Paratroopers Brigade as a platoon leader.^[2] During his career Baram led the Brigade's Anti-tank company^[3] and the Brigade's Reconnaissance company in counter-guerrilla operations in South Lebanon^[4] and Commanded 890 "Efe" (Echis) paratroop battalion during Operation Defensive Shield,^[5] and later led Maglan Unit in counter-terror operations in the Second Intifada.^[6]

Afterwards he commanded the Shomron Regional Brigade and later on a reserve Paratroopers Brigade. Baram was then given command of the 35th Paratroopers Brigade.^[7] Later commanded the 98th Paratroopers Division and the 91st Division. In 2017 he was promoted to the rank of aluf (Major general) and was given command on the Military Colleges and the Northern Corps. In 2019 he was chosen to be the next commander of the IDF's Northern Command.

References[]

^ Gal Perl Finkel, IDF promotes officers who think outside the box, but still follow the line, The Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2018.
^ Amos Harel, Replicating Lebanon in the West Bank, Haaretz, July 12, 2002.
^ Gal Perl Finkel, Importance of IDF Ground Forces in new army appointments, The Jerusalem Post, February 21, 2019.
^ Avihai Becker, With Surgical Precision, Haaretz, December 26, 2002.
^ Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Recollections of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, Ten Years Later, Haaretz, March 30, 2012.
^ Gal Perl Finkel, Hezbollah in crisis, but Israel cannot take its eyes off it, The Jerusalem Post, April 19, 2020.
^ Lilach Shoval, The chosen ones, Israel Hayom, September 23, 2011.

[1] Gal Perl Finkel, IDF promotes officers who think outside the box, but still follow the line, The Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2018.

[2] Amos Harel, Replicating Lebanon in the West Bank, Haaretz, July 12, 2002.

[3] Gal Perl Finkel, Importance of IDF Ground Forces in new army appointments, The Jerusalem Post, February 21, 2019.

[4] Avihai Becker, With Surgical Precision, Haaretz, December 26, 2002.

[5] Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Recollections of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, Ten Years Later, Haaretz, March 30, 2012.

[6] Gal Perl Finkel, Hezbollah in crisis, but Israel cannot take its eyes off it, The Jerusalem Post, April 19, 2020.

[7] Lilach Shoval, The chosen ones, Israel Hayom, September 23, 2011.

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