Wikipedia's first sentence called it “idf officer with the rank of aluf who serves as head of the operations directorate”. Today it says “idf officer with the rank of aluf”.
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Oded Basyuk ( Hebrew : עודד בסיוק ; born 1973) is an IDF officer with the rank of Aluf who serves as head of the Operations Directorate . Previously he served as head of the Planning Branch in the Planning Directorate , commander of the Steel Formation , commander of the 146th Division , head of the Operations Department in the Operations Directorate, commander of 7th Armored Brigade and commander of Battalion 82. "תת אלוף עודד בסיוק מונה למפקד עוצבת הפלדה - ישראל ניוז Israel News" . israel-news.co.il (in Hebrew). 2017-06-13 .
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idf officer with the rank of aluf who serves as head of the operations directorate
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idf officer with the rank of aluf
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