The IDF will experience a changing of the guard on Monday, as Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz steps down as IDF Chief of Staff, and will be replaced by Maj. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon will promote Eizenkot to Lt. Gen. as well during the ceremony, according to Channel 2, marking his term in office as the 21st IDF Chief of Staff, during a Monday morning meeting in the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem.