Native name ירון פינקלמן Years of service 1993- Service/branch Israel Defense Forces | Allegiance Israel Rank Colonel Unit Paratroopers Brigade | |
Commands held 35th paratroopers Brigade's Reconnaissance battalion, reserve Paratrooper Brigade, Regional Brigade in the Gaza Division, Givati Brigade Battles/wars South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
First Intifada
Second Intifada
Operation Defensive Shield
2006 Lebanon War
Operation Cast Lead
Operation Pillar of Defense
Operation Protective Edge Battles and wars South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) | ||
Yaron Finkelman (Hebrew: ירון פינקלמן; born 1975) is an Israeli Colonel who commands the Givati Brigade of Israel Defense Forces.
Military service
Finkelman was drafted into the IDF in 1993 and did most of his military service in the paratroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and squad leader in the 500th Brigade Reconnaissance company. In 1996 he became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School and return to the Brigade. Finkelman led the Brigade's Reconnaissance company in counter-guerrilla operations in South Lebanon. Afterwords he was served as an Executive officer in Maglan special forces unit and in 890 "Efe" (Echis) paratroop battalion in counter-terror operations in the Second Intifada. In 2006 Lebanon War he served as Gen. Dan Halutz's Aide-de-camp. Later on he commanded the 35th paratroopers Brigade's reconnaissance battalion in counter-terror operations in the Gaza Strip. On November 4, 2008, he led his paratroopers in Operation Double Challenge, a military incursion into a residential area of Dayr al-Balah in central Gaza, that resulted six terrorists killed and the destruction of a tunnel concealed within a building 300 meters from the fence on the Gaza Strip border. Finkelman continued and led his paratroopers battalion during the Operation Cast Lead.
He commanded a reserve Paratrooper Brigade during Operation Pillar of Defense and a Regional Brigade in the Gaza Division during Operation Protective Edge. In 2015 he was appointed commander of the Givati Brigade.