Rafael "Raful" Eitan (Hebrew: רפאל "רפול" איתן; 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a …

Rafael Eitan (Hebrew: רפי איתן; 23 November 1926 – 23 March 2019) [1] was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil and served as Minister of Senior Citizens. He was in …

Nov 24, 2004 · JERUSALEM, Nov. 23 - Rafael Eitan, a former Israeli Army chief of staff and government minister who was reprimanded after Lebanese Christian allies of Israel massacred …

Former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Rafael “Raful” Eitan, 75, died Nov. 23 when he was swept off a breakwater by a “giant wave” while working on a renewal project at Ashdod Port, south of Tel …

Rafael Eitan was IDF Chief of Staff from 1978-83. As Chief-of-Staff, he initiated a program to enable underprivileged youth to enlist in the IDF and integrate into Israeli society.

Jun 16, 1986 · Rafael Eitan, the Israeli named recently in an alleged espionage ring in the United States, traveled in 1968 to a nuclear plant in Apollo, Pa., where large amounts of weapons …

Nov 3, 2011 · Rafael Eitan was a leading figure in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), of which he became Chief of Staff. He later entered into Israeli politics. Stocky, wiry and determined, with …

Nov 23, 2004 · Former Israeli army chief of staff Rafael Eitan has died after drowning at Ashdod Port, south of Tel Aviv. He was 75. Eitan reportedly fell from a breakwater structure into rough …

Jan 11, 2025 · Eitan is the chief of staff during Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon in 1982. His 37-year military career comes to an end amid the controversy over the massacre by Israeli …

Dec 2, 2004 · General Eitan fought in every one of Israel's wars, from 1948 to the 1982 war on Lebanon, keeping the Arabs out. All Arab leaders, he wrote, were the same.