Gabre Heard or Gebre Heard,, is a former Colonel in the Ethiopian National Defense Force, top party official of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and the supreme commander of Ethiopian military forces in Somalia. He was in charge of military operations during the Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia from 2006 to 2008, until his recall to Ethiopia following backlash from the Somali population for war crimes committed by forces under his command. He was later accused of being responsible for war crimes in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. During the Tigray War, the Ethiopian government accused Gabre of treason and issued a warrant for his arrest.