IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warns that the military will strike Israel’s enemies, “wherever required, on near and distant fronts alike,” apparently hinting that Israel will again need to strike in Iran.
“At the center of the longest and most complex war in Israel’s history stands the campaign against Iran. Iran is the one that financed and armed the ring of strangulation around Israel and stood behind the plans for its destruction,” he says at a handover ceremony for the head of the IDF Planning Directorate.
Also in his speech, Zamir takes a veiled jab at Defense Minister Israel Katz, who has been holding up senior appointments in the military, including plans to promote outgoing Planning Directorate chief Vice Adm. Eyal Harel as the next Navy commander.
“Eyal, you are arriving mature and ready to command the Navy and to lead it in the coming years, as I hope will be finalized in the very near future,” Zamir says.
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