Yehiel Gozal

In November 2014, Gozal was appointed CEO of the Libi Fund and co-led to the consolidation of the Libi Fund and awis – The Association for the Well being of Israeli Soldiers – into Yahad-United for Israel's Soldiers Fund (UFIS).

In November 2014, Brigadier General Yehiel Gozal was appointed CEO of the Libi Fund, and in July 2015, he was appointed CEO of the Yahad Fund, and led to the consolidation of Awis Fund and the Libi Fund

In 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the Paratroops Heritage. He is assuming his role as a full-fledged volunteer. The association handles the commemoration of paratroopers' brigade martyrs who have fallen in regular service and in the military reserves. The Association also engages in instilling Paratroopers heritage to soldiers in regular and standing military service, reservists, high school students and the general public.

In 2003, Gozal was discharged from his service in the IDF at the rank of Brigadier General.

Upon his release from the IDF, Gozal began to engage into social and voluntary activities. From 2003 to 2008 he served as the national CEO of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) organization in the United States.

Subsequently, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was appointed battalion commander at the Officer Cadet School 1 (Ba"had 1). He was afterward appointed commander of the Paratroopers Brigade Training Base in 1986–1987. He was then assigned as the commander of the Parachuted Nachal Battalion (Battalion 50) between the years 1987 – 1989. After he completed his duty, he went on to pursue a master's degree in political science and national security. In 1990, he was promoted to Colonel and appointed Commander of the Ephraim Brigade, and served in the post until 1991. He was later assigned as the commander of Bar'am 300th Division where he served during the years 1991–1993. Afterward, he was appointed commander of the 130th Armor brigade and served in this post from 1993 to 1995. He later served as deputy commander of Division 162. After that, he was appointed Commander of the 500th Armor Brigade where he served from 1995 to 1997, and led the break into Nablus during the Western Wall Tunnel riots. In 1998, he was promoted to Brigadier General and became chief of the Southern Command. He was then delegated as the IDF defense and military attaché in France, Spain and Portugal.

At the end of his duty, He went to study at Bar Ilan University where he completed his B.A. studies between the years 1983–1985.

In 1976 he enlisted in the IDF, and after dropping out of The Israeli Air Force Flight Academy he volunteered for the Paratroopers Brigade and was assigned to the 890th Battalion. He underwent a training track as a fighter, a course of Infantry Squad Commander and a course of Infantry Officers. Upon the completion of the officers' course with honors, Gozal returned to the 890th Battalion as a platoon commander, and took part in Operation Menorah, where he fought against a fortified terrorist target which operated a mortar battery targeting Israel. He later served as a company commander in the 890th Battalion and participated in many operations, including Ish Damim Operation and Hamovil Operation. After that, he was released from the IDF and joined the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

Yehiel Gozal (Hebrew: יחיאל גוזל; born December 22, 1957), is a former Israeli brigadier general and the chairman of the Paratroops Heritage Association. Gozal served in various commanding positions in the Paratroopers Brigade and as commander of the 500th Armor Brigade, as chief of the Southern Command in the rank of Brigadier General, he also served as the IDF Defense Attaché in France and was national director CEO of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) organization in the United States and Panama.

Gozal was born in Tel-Aviv and grew up in Netanya. He was educated at the Tel Aviv pre-military academy in conjunction with the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. His mother, Mazal (Fortune) Gozal, born in Alexandria, Egypt, immigrated to Israel in 1952 via France and engaged in handicraft, and his father, David Gozal, a native of Spanish Morocco, volunteered in 1947 for the Mahal (group of overseas volunteers who serve in the IDF) during the War of Independence, after which he immigrated to Israel and served as a qualified electrician.