Defense minister, IDF chief meet, say they are ‘working together’ after public row

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at the Defense Ministry, March 25, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at the Defense Ministry, March 25, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

After their public row, Defense Minister Israel Katz met with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir this evening.

“We are working together in full cooperation for Israel’s security, as it was and as it will always be,” Katz says in a statement.

According to Katz’s office, the pair discussed “ways to return the hostages, increasing the military pressure in Gaza against the Hamas terror organization, and IDF activity on other fronts.”

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