[6][5] After completing his military service, Fogel studied law at the Tel Aviv University for two years, but left the course in order to return to the army in 1981.

He completed his service in 1979, but rejoined the IDF in 1981[4][5] and remained an officer in the army until retiring in 2003 with the rank of tat aluf (brigadier general).

The unit created a flow of refugees from Southern Lebanon in order to pressure the Lebanese government to prevent rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel.

[10] Fogel later approached Yoav Gallant in 2005 to set up the position of an "artillery coordinator" in all three divisions of the IDF, with all the weapons except small arms and tanks being stored in one place.

[5][6] In March 2009, he admitted to Reuters that Israeli tactics to protect soldiers in Operation Cast Lead caused deaths of innocent Palestinian civilians during the conflict, but stated that such incidents were rare.

[12] In a 2018 interview with the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, Fogel confirmed that IDF snipers were authorized to shoot Palestinian teenagers on the border with Gaza Strip by their commanders.

Fogel decided to resign in January 2012, months after a riot due to an arson at a town mosque committed by Jewish extremists.

[6] In August 2017 Fogel announced that he was running for the position of the head of the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council as part of the 2018 Israeli municipal elections.

[18] In an interview with British broadcaster Channel 4 in December 2022, Fogel stated that Israel was too "merciful" towards Palestinians and "the concept of proportionality should cease to exist."