Yogev Bar Sheshet

Yogev Bar Sheshet (; born 1979) is an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with the rank of brigadier general. He currently serves as Deputy Comptroller of the Israel security establishment. Previously, he served as Deputy Head of the Civil Administration, Deputy Commander of the Steel Formation, Commander of the Yoav Brigade, Operations Officer of the Southern Command, and Commander of Battalion 50.

Bar Sheshet was moderately wounded during the Gaza war. , he was the most senior IDF officer wounded during the war.

Biography Bar Sheshet attended the Military Boarding School for Command at Merkaz Shapira. He enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and was placed in Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade. He underwent training as a fighter, and took the and . At the end of the course, he was appointed as a company commander in the Bislamach Brigade. Subsequently, he served as a deputy company commander and later as a company commander in Bislamach. He then moved to the Nahal Brigade and was appointed as a company commander, serving in this role during the Second Lebanon War.

In 2012, Bar Sheshet was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed as the commander of the Northern Battalion, a regional battalion in the Bar'am Formation, and served in this position until 2014. In May 2014, he was appointed as the commander of Battalion 50, leading it during Operation Brother's Keeper, and then again in Beit Hanoun during Operation Protective Edge, ending his role on June 21, 2016. On June 19, 2019, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed as the commander of the Yoav Brigade, a position he held until September 12, 2021. In 2021, he was appointed as Deputy Commander of the Steel Formation, serving in this position until 2022. Bar Sheshet, who was evacuated to Ichilov Hospital, was the most senior IDF officer to be wounded during the war .

Opinions Bar Sheshet has been outspoken on political and military affairs as they pertain to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Regarding operations commanded in Jenin, he said "I told the soldiers that there is no joy in seeing a person killed, even if it is a terrorist. There is no sense of transcendence. You are happy that you completed the mission and that the terrorist will no longer harm other civilians. This is purity of arms. You do the best you can. Professional, sharp. We are not bloodthirsty". The statement was cited in South Africa's genocide case against Israel.

Personal life Bar Sheshet lives in Neta, is married, and has six children. Although he was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, he is no longer observant.