IDF chief: Israel’s enemies will not be allowed to ‘build up’ their capabilities

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir vows that the military will not allow Israel’s enemies to “build up” their capabilities, after an airstrike yesterday killed top Hamas official Raad Saad, who headed the terror group’s weapons manufacturing headquarters.

“Yesterday, we eliminated Raad Saad, one of the senior figures of the military wing of the Hamas terror organization, who led and carried out terror activities for more than 30 years and was one of the architects of the October 7 attack,” he says at a Hanukkah candle-lighting event in northern Israel.

“His involvement in Hamas’s attempts to restore and rebuild [its forces] constituted a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement,” Zamir says.

The IDF chief notes “within a short period” Israel killed Hezbollah’s military chief — on November 23 — and Hamas’s head of weapon production.

“We will not allow the enemy to build up its capabilities and will respond to any violation of the agreement. Our policy is clear, on all fronts, and here in Lebanon as well, we will continue to act and thwart threats as they emerge,” Zamir adds.