Imad Fares Explained

Imad Fares
Native Name:عماد فارس
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Israel
Allegiance: Israel
Branch: Israeli Defense Forces
Serviceyears:2001–2009
Rank:General
Commands:Givati Brigade
91st Division

Imad Fares (Arabic: عماد فارس, Hebrew: עימאד פארס; born 1961) is an Israeli Druze 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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  1. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3760055,00.html Senior officer who lied to army to retire