Eyal Harel (born April 27, 1974) is an IDF officer with the rank of Major General, serving as Head of the Planning and Force Build-up Directorate.

He returned to the Missile Boats Flotilla as EO officer on INS Yaffo, where he also served as deputy commander.

During the 2006 Lebanon War he served in an emergency appointment as an additional missile boat commander.

In July 2010 he was appointed Commander of Squadron 31 in the Missile Boats Flotilla, commanded the squadron during Operation Pillar of Defense, attacking terror targets from the sea, and during Operation "Protective Edge", including capturing the ship Victoria, which tried to smuggle weapons to Hamas.

In this role, he was responsible, among other things, for planning and implementing the IDF Gideon Doctrine.

[7] In this position he made changes to the organizational structure of the division to adapt it to the way the Intelligence Directorate functions and its work processes.

[8] He worked on adapting the change in the Navy's operational headquarters, establishing the Control Unit and the Economic Maritime Arena at the department level.

On May 3, 2023, the decision was announced to appoint him as head of the Planning and Force Build-up Directorate, with the rank of Major General,[3] which was conferred on him in June of that year.

Harel is married to Yael, née Klineberger, who works at the University of Haifa, and is the father of three daughters.