Eli Zeira (Hebrew: אלי זעירא) (born 4 April 1928) is a former major general in the Israel Defense Forces.

He was director of Aman, Israel's military intelligence, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

He is most remembered for his ill-conceived prewar assessment that Egypt and Syria would not attack (also known as "The Concept"),[1][2] despite intelligence to the contrary.

The postwar Agranat Commission, set to investigate the reasons for the costly war, found Zeira to be negligent of his duty, and he resigned.

[4] The State Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal investigation, which proved inconclusive and was closed in 2012.