Imad Fares

Imad Fares
Native name
عماد فارس
Born1961 (age 64–65)
AllegianceIsrael
BranchIsraeli Defense Forces
Service years2001–2009
RankGeneral
CommandsGivati Brigade91st Division

Imad Fares (Arabic: عماد فارس, Hebrew: עימאד פארס; born 1961) is an IsraeliDruze and former brigadier general in the Israel Defense Force. He won acclaim as the commander of the Givati Brigade (infantry) from 2001 to 2003.

Fares was the commander of 91st Division, which is a regional division in the IDF Northern Command, responsible for the front with Lebanon, from Rosh HaNikra to Mount Hermon. On August 10, 2009, he resigned his commission and announced his retirement from service, after it was discovered he lied about the circumstances surrounding a car accident involving his wife driving his military-issued car.[1]

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