page_title: Shay Avital
hierarchical_section_title: Shay Avital
caption_attribution_description: English: Former Director General of The Israeli Ministry of the Environment photografer: Sasson Tiramעברית: מנכ"ל המשרד להגנת הסביבה לשעבר צילום: ששון תירם
context_page_description: Shay Avital Rapoport is a Major General in the IDF and former head of the Special Operations Forces Command.
  During his military career Avital was, among others, Commander of Sayeret Matkal, the 36th Armored Division and the Northern Corpus.
context_section_description: Shay Avital Rapoport (Hebrew: שי אביטל‎; born in 1952) is a Major General (Ret.) in the IDF and former head of the Special Operations Forces Command (Depth Corps).
  During his military career Avital was, among others, Commander of Sayeret Matkal, the 36th Armored Division and the Northern Corpus.
caption: Shay Avital, 2011
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