In October, 2018, he was named commander of the IDF's Gaza Division, and filled this role until August, 2020. During his cadence he led the Gaza Division through the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests and various military operations and clashes versus the terror organizations Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. The most prominent of those are Operation Black Belt, Gaza–Israel clashes (May 2019), and the Gaza–Israel clashes (November 2018).