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Halevi postpones senior IDF appointments amid apparent disagreements with Katz
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A meeting tomorrow in which IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi was to decide on appointments for senior officers in the military has been postponed, the IDF says.
During the meeting, Halevi was supposed to rule on the appointments for some 60 colonels and brigadier generals.
The postponement comes apparently due to disagreements between Halevi and Defense Minister Israel Katz.
The defense minister has already refused to approve the promotion of two senior officers. He has also said he would not sign off on any officers being promoted to the rank of major general and will also oppose the appointment of any current major generals to new roles until he reviews the IDF’s October 7 investigations.
A military source says Halevi and Katz will agree on the appointment process soon.
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