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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
IDF taps high-ranking officer for new humanitarian liaison role in Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it is creating a new position within the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories unit to act as a liason for humanitarian activities in the Gaza Strip.
COGAT official Col. Elad Goren will be the first “head of the humanitarian-civil effort in the Gaza Strip,” and be promoted to the rank of brigadier general, the IDF said.
The IDF says that the new role will “deal with the integration and implementation of the humanitarian effort in the Gaza Strip and the coordination with the international community, in a way that will allow the implementation of the humanitarian effort while upholding the security interests of the State of Israel.”
“The IDF sees great importance in the continuing humanitarian effort in the Gaza Strip, in order to continue fighting the terrorist organization Hamas, and within the framework of achieving the goals of the war,” the military adds.
The IDF says Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi was authorized by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to create the new role.
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