Kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2003, an daukaka shi zuwa mukamin brigadier general kuma an nada shi kwamandan rundunar 'yan bindiga na 98th, kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa Nuwamba 2004. A ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 2004, an nada shi kwamandan sashen Gaza, kuma ya jagoranci sashen a cikin ayyukan da aka yi a kan harin rokoki na Qassam da kuma ayyukan ta'addanci na Falasdinawa a Zirin Gaza, ciki har da Operation Summer Rains. A lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan, abubuwa biyu masu muhimmanci sun faru:
shirin janyewa a watan Satumbar 2005 da kuma sace Gilad Shalit a watan Yunin 2006.