Rafael Eitan
（重定向自Raful）
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![Raful Eitan (kneeling, right) with members of 890th Paratroop Battalion after Operation Egged (November 1955). Standing l to r: Lt. Meir Har-Zion, Maj. Arik Sharon, Lt. Gen Moshe Dayan, Capt. Dani Matt, Lt. Moshe Efron, Maj. Gen Asaf Simchoni; On ground, l to r: Capt. Aharon Davidi, Lt. Ya'akov Ya'akov, Capt. 'Raful' Eitan.](/Images/godic/202502/05/Dayan_w_Kuntila_Raid_comm5119.jpg")
![Eitan (center) with two officers, Amnon Eshkol and Mordechai Yerushalmi, in Lebanon, 1983.](/Images/godic/202502/05/page1-250px-Motty_Yerushalmi_04_-_Rafael_Eitan,_Amnon_Eshkol.pdf5119.jpg")
Rafael "Raful" Eitan (Hebrew:רפאל "רפול" איתן, born 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and later a politician, a Knesset member government minister. He was born in Tel Adashim during the Mandate era.