{"id":651585,"date":"2026-10-20T00:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/651585\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T00:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:52:09","slug":"idf-appoints-first-space-brigade-commander-as-israel-expands-military-space-capabilities-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/651585\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF Appoints First Space Brigade Commander As Israel Expands Military Space Capabilities &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Cover_content-excerpt__yFjHf excerpt\">The new commander previously headed Unit 9900 in the Military Intelligence Directorate<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"i24NEWS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1352b9caa849f9325c12157cf9dfc47bc0e3c73e.png\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>i24NEWS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA\u2019s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/33e69dce0f4a60622b3bacd8c1a82408.jpg\" class=\"\" title=\"Photo Credit: (NASA\/John Kraus)\"\/>A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA\u2019s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during launch from Launch Complex 39A, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026Photo Credit: (NASA\/John Kraus)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir announced the appointment of the first head of Israel&#8217;s space force, according to a report by Walla on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The new commander previously headed Unit 9900 in the Military Intelligence Directorate. As head of the new brigade, he will oversee major projects and force development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Defense Minister Israel Katz is aiming to accelerate the projects and streamline procurement procedures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Brig. Gen. S. is considered a highly respected officer among the senior leadership of the Military Intelligence Directorate and the IDF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Space has become an increasingly important frontier for the IDF, especially since the outbreak of war on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Several Houthi ballistic missiles have been intercepted outside Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"'Amazon Prime for space,' Moonshot is building a delivery system for orbit\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/api-uploaded\/WILDMOKA_69789760617.jpg\"\/>&#8216;Amazon Prime for space,&#8217; Moonshot is building a delivery system for orbit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new commander previously headed Unit 9900 in the Military Intelligence Directorate i24NEWS A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-651585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}