Retired IDF general who saved son during Oct. 7 Hamas attack joins Israeli opposition leader's party

The new member of opposition leader Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party commanded several West Bank military units and served as the head of the IDF's Northern Command. On October 7, 2023, he went to rescue his son Amir, a Haaretz columnist, and his family from a Gaza border kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas