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Aviv Kohavi
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israel defense forces officer”. Today it says “israeli former general who served as the 22nd chief of general staff of the israel defense forces from 15 janua”.
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He was the commander of the Gaza Division during the unilateral disengagement, and until recently was the head of the Operations division in the Operations Directorate .1 Earlier in his military career, Kochavi served in the Paratroopers' Orev ("Raven") Battalion.2
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israel defense forces officer”. Today it says “israeli former general who served as the 22nd chief of general staff of the israel defense forces from 15 janua”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
israel defense forces officer
Now
israeli former general who served as the 22nd chief of general staff of the israel defense forces from 15 janua
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