Effie Defrin takes over as new IDF spokesman from Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari

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

Incoming IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin (left) Operations Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk (center) and outgoing spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari at a handover ceremony at an army base in Tel Aviv, March 27, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
Incoming IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin (left) Operations Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk (center) and outgoing spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari at a handover ceremony at an army base in Tel Aviv, March 27, 2025. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin has taken over as the new IDF spokesman from Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, who served in the role for the past two years.

At the handover ceremony, Defrin says he will do “everything to strengthen the public trust in the IDF.”

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