IDF chief reportedly says there is a hostage deal ‘on the table, we need to take it’

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with top officers on August 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with top officers on August 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

While visiting the Haifa naval base, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said that “there is a [hostage] deal on the table, we need to take it,” according to Channel 13 news.

The report quotes Zamir adding that “the IDF brought about the conditions for a deal, now it is in Netanyahu’s hands.

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