- Yoav Galant
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name=Yoav Galant
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born=1958
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placeofbirth=Jaffa ,Israel
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allegiance=flagicon|IsraelIsrael
branch=Navy, Southern Command
serviceyears=1977—
rank=Aluf
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battles=First Lebanon War ,Second Lebanon War
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laterwork=Aluf Yoav Galant (born 1958) is the commander of theIsrael Defense Forces Southern Command.Born in
Jaffa ,Israel , Galant received a B.A. in Economics and Finance Management from theUniversity of Haifa . He began his military career in 1977 as a naval commando, in the unit called Flotilla 13. In the late 1990s Galant moved into land forces, eventually getting the rank of a Maj. Gen. while becoming the Military Secretary of the Prime Minister and later commander of the Southern Command.References
* [http://www1.idf.il/dover/site/mainpage.asp?clr=1&sl=EN&id=22&docid=15773 Bio from IDF]
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