Yair Golan is an Israeli politician and senior military officer. He served as the Deputy Minister of Economy in the Thirty-sixth Israeli government.

He is a reserve major general (Aluf) in the Israel Defense Forces. During his military service he served, among other roles, as the IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Commander of the Home Front Command and Commander of the Northern Command.

On October 7, 2023, the same day that the Gaza–Israel conflict radically escalated, Golan put on his uniform and arrived in his private vehicle to the Gaza envelope, which was subject to a surprise attack on Israel, and rescued survivors in the area of the massacre at the Nature Festival near Re'im.

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