Education and Family Life
Ashkenazi studied at the Tel Aviv Junior Command Preparatory School and the U.S. Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He also holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Haifa and is a graduate of a Harvard Business School program in management for senior executives.
He lives in Kfar Saba with his wife Ronit and their two children, Gali and Itai. Itai plays quarterback for the Judean Rebels team in the IFL, Israel's "American football league".
Gabi Ashkenazi's brother, Tat Aluf Avi Ashkenazi, was appointed head of the National Center for Training on Land (מל"י) in 2009.
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