Ram Rothberg

Aluf Ram Rothberg (; born February 5, 1964) is a retired admiral in the Israel Defense Forces who was the head of the Israel Navy.

Service history Rothberg was drafted to the IDF in 1982. He volunteered for Shayetet 13 and joined the unit as a commando soldier following 2 year of training. He attended the infantry officers course at Bahad 1 and returned to his unit as a team leader. He served in other command positions in the unit and commanded the raiding unit in Operation Blue Brown

Rothberg commanded the Shayetet 13 special forces unit from 2001 to 2004 after being nominated by IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. He is to be promoted in rank to Major General (Aluf). He replaced Vice-Admiral Eliezer Marom, who retired after serving in the IDF for 37 years.

On 5 March 2014, Rothberg personally led Operation Full Disclosure from onboard the INS Hanit. The operation seized an Iranian ship smuggling weapons believed to have been destined to Gaza.

On 27 September 2016, Rothberg ended his role as a commander of the Israel Navy and retired.