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Sunday, June 22, 2025
IDF publishes image of top brass watching US strike on Iran nuclear sites
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF publishes an image showing Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and members of the military’s top brass at the IDF’s underground command center during the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and a hostage recovery operation in Gaza overnight.
“The chief of staff emphasized the importance of the strategic relationship and coordination between the IDF and the US military and emphasized that the IDF will continue operations until the objectives of the operation are achieved,” the military says in a statement.
“In addition, the chief of staff expressed appreciation for the forces operating to rescue hostages in the Gaza Strip, in parallel to Operation Rising Lion [in Iran], and added that the IDF shares in the sorrow of the bereaved families and will continue to operate utilizing all available efforts to bring the hostages home,” the statement adds.
The IDF announced earlier that it had recovered the bodies of three slain hostages.
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