During a learning session with the military’s top brass, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says the army has completed its investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, and is now moving forward with implementing their lessons.
“The IDF has completed the investigations of the events of October 7. The purpose of today is to formulate an IDF plan for the future and to move forward,” he says in remarks provided by the IDF.
The session comes as part of the IDF’s efforts to build its work plan for the coming years, based on the lessons learned from the investigations into the IDF’s failures during and ahead of Hamas’s terror onslaught, the military says.
“The lessons of October 7 are the foundation for the IDF’s change in the coming years; they will accompany us going forward, and it is our duty to continue to embed them in the IDF’s new strategic concept,” Zamir says.
“Our goal is for the lessons of the war to be fully implemented. I trust this forum to lead the IDF toward renewal and growth,” he adds.
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