Moshe Levy (Hebrew: משה לוי; April 18, 1936 – January 8, 2008[1]) was an Israeli military commander and the 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
During the War of Attrition, his brigade pursued militant squads attempting to infiltrate from Jordan.
Levy served as Deputy Chief of Staff and head of the Operations Division from 1982 to 1983.
[4] While serving as Chief of Staff and after retiring from the army, Levy lived in Kibbutz Beit Alfa in northern Israel.
He was left with limited mobility and relied on a wheelchair, but continued to remain in the public eye.
On January 1, 2008, Levy suffered a massive stroke and was hospitalized at HaEmek Medical Center in Afula, and died eight days later of a brain aneurysm.