Roni Numa (Hebrew: רוני נומה; also known as Ronny Numa,[1] born 1967) is an Israeli retired Major general (Aluf) who headed the Central Command of the Israel Defense Force from 2015 to 2018.
Numa served as a platoon leader at the 890 paratroop battalion and fought in South Lebanon.
His article called "To Win and Remain Human: Challenges of the Central Command during 2015-2016 Wave of Terror" was published in Dado Center Journal (The IDF Journal on Operational Art).
[5] In June 2021, Numa was appointed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to the new position of Ben Gurion Airport's COVID commissioner.
[6] On August 30, Numa threatened to resign due to his "decisions and recommendations not being adopted in practice" by the government.