Roni Numa

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|branch=Israel Defense Forces

|serviceyears=1983-

| rank= Aluf (Major general)

|unit=35th Paratroopers Brigade

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Unit 5101 'Shaldag'
202 "Tsefa" (Viper) paratroop battalion
Benjamin Regional Brigade
933rd Brigade 'Nahal'
98th Paratroopers Division
IDF's Central Command

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Roni Numa ({{langx|he|רוני נומה}}; also known as Ronny Numa,{{Cite news |last=Yablonko |first=Yasmin |date=2020-07-05 |title=Web intel co Cobwebs recruits Ronny Numa |language=en |work=Globes |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-web-intel-co-cobwebs-recruits-ronny-numa-1001327880 |access-date=2022-09-20 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173118/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-web-intel-co-cobwebs-recruits-ronny-numa-1001327880 |url-status=live }} born 1967) is an Israeli retired Major general (Aluf) who headed the Central Command of the Israel Defense Force from 2015 to 2018.

Military service

Numa was drafted into the IDF in 1983. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the 35th Paratroopers Brigade, and in 1985 became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School . Numa served as a platoon leader at the 890 paratroop battalion and fought in South Lebanon.Roni Numa, [http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=16049 Bow our heads and remember] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819005717/http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=16049 |date=19 August 2016 }}, Israel Hayom, May 10, 2016. later on he commanded Duvdevan Unit and Shaldag Unit.{{Cite web |last=Caspit |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Caspit |date=2015-11-30 |title=Why IDF is urging Israeli government to keep calm, strengthen Palestinian Authority |trans-title=Airport COVID Commissioner: 'I have no reason to remain in the role' |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2015/11/netanyahu-yaalon-eizenkot-intifada-uprising-terror-wave.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Al-Monitor |language=en |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127021138/https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2015/11/netanyahu-yaalon-eizenkot-intifada-uprising-terror-wave.html |url-status=live }} Numa Commanded 202 "Tsefa" (Viper) paratroop battalion during Operation Defensive Shield, and later on commanded the Benjamin Regional Brigade during the Second Intifada. Afterwards he commanded the Nahal Brigade.{{Cite news |last=Shelah |first=Ofer |author-link=Ofer Shelah |date=2005-08-27 |title=The people's army? |language=en |work=Ynetnews |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3133871,00.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128002546/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3133871,00.html |url-status=live }} In the 2006 Lebanon War he served as an assistant to Gen. Dan Halutz. Later on he commanded the 98th Paratroopers Division, In 2015 he was appointed as the commander of the IDF's Central Command. His article called "To Win and Remain Human: Challenges of the Central Command during 2015-2016 Wave of Terror" was published in Dado Center Journal (The IDF Journal on Operational Art).{{cite journal |last1=Numa |first1=Roni |title=To Win and Remain Human: Challenges of the Central Command during 2015-2016 Wave of Terror |journal=The Dado Center Journal |date=March 2018 |volume=15 |url=https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/dado-center/dcj-volume-15/ |access-date=29 October 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702083550/https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/dado-center/dcj-volume-15/ |url-status=dead }}

Airport COVID commissioner

In June 2021, Numa was appointed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to the new position of Ben Gurion Airport's COVID commissioner.{{Cite web |last=Tercatin |first=Rossella |date=2021-06-27 |title=Coronavirus in Israel: Gov't appoints special airport commissioner |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/idf-maj-gen-roni-numa-appointed-as-airport-covid-commissioner-672162 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627104118/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/idf-maj-gen-roni-numa-appointed-as-airport-covid-commissioner-672162 |url-status=live }} On August 30, Numa threatened to resign due to his "decisions and recommendations not being adopted in practice" by the government.{{Cite web |last=אטינגר |first=קובי |date=2021-08-30 |title=פרויקטור הקורונה בנתב"ג - "אין ל.. |trans-title=Airport COVID Commissioner: 'I have no reason to remain in the role' |url=https://www.kikar.co.il/israel-news/400183 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Kikar HaShabbat |language=he |archive-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726163753/https://www.kikar.co.il/israel-news/400183 |url-status=live }}

References

Category:1966 births

Category:Israeli generals

Category:Living people