IDF chief meets with female surveillance soldiers at base on Gaza border

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi meets with female surveillance soldiers, referred to in Hebrew as tatzpitaniyot, at an army base on the border with the Gaza Strip earlier today, praising them for their actions on October 7, while vowing to investigate the army’s failures that led to many of the unit’s troops being killed and taken hostage during Hamas’s terror onslaught.

“We look at what is being done here in this war room and many other war rooms, on all our borders around the country, as something very, very important, a critical component in our ability to provide protection at the borders,” Halevi says.

He says the surveillance soldiers were essential on October 7 and their operations “contributed to the understanding of what was happening,” but that they also underwent a “difficult experience.”

“We have a lot of appreciation for the work done on October 7 and above all for a lot of resilience to go back to work. We really, really trust the work you do. We had a difficult point, we will learn and move forward with strength,” Halevi adds.