Tzvi Ayalon

Aluf Tzvi Ayalon
Native name	צבי איילון
Birth name	Tzvi Lashchiner
Born	15 June 1911 Russian Empire
Died	4 March 1993 (aged 81) Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service / branch	Haganah Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1927-1965 (38 years)
Rank	Aluf (Major General)
Commands	Various Haganah training camps Haganah commander of the Northern Galilee General Staff Central Command Deputy Chief of Staff Technological and Logistics Directorate
Battles / wars	1929 Palestine riots 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine 1948 Palestine war
Other work	Director of the licensing department at the Ministry of Transportation Auditor of the Tel Aviv Municipality

Tzvi Ayalon (Hebrew: צבי איָילון; 15 June 1911 - 4 March 1993)^[1] was a Haganah leader and a major general (Aluf) in the Israel Defense Forces, he served as the first Deputy Chief of General Staff as well as the commander of the Central Command (Israel). After his military service he served as the deputy director-general of the Ministry of Defense (Israel) and Ambassador of Israel in Romania.