IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi reiterates his support for senior commanders in the West Bank, following criticism over the security force’s response to settler riots in Palestinian towns after a deadly terror attack last week.
“Brigade commanders who lead their men, fight terror and protect Israeli citizens, while risking their lives — and also are at the front when they need to prevent harm to Palestinian residents, unfortunately by Israeli citizens — these two missions serve the security of the country and its citizens,” he says at a ceremony this evening.
“Their work is worthy of all admiration and I back them fully and uncompromisingly,” Halevi adds.
The remarks are his first public comments since far-right minister Orit Strock this morning compared Halevi and other security chiefs to Russia’s mutinous Wagner group, after they issued a joint statement condemning the settler rampages as “terrorism.” She later apologized for likening them to the mercenary outfit.
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