Israel will carry out government’s plan to conquer Gaza City ‘in the best possible way,’ Zamir says

After the Israeli security cabinet last night instructed the IDF to seize Gaza City, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir says the military will carry out the plan “in the best possible way.”

“We will continue to lead from the national responsibility placed on the IDF and its commanders. We are responsible for the army’s readiness, the security of the state and its citizens, the return of the hostages, and the defeat of Hamas, and so we shall do,” Zamir is quoted by the IDF as saying to division commanders and top generals during an assessment earlier today.

“My responsibility is to provide you and the soldiers in particular with as much certainty as possible, to create pauses and a proper endurance. It is in light of this responsibility that we operate,” he says.

Zamir says the IDF is “working on the new plan. We will deepen the planning, prepare at the highest level in all its aspects, and as always, we will carry out the mission in the best possible way.”

According to the military, Zamir also stressed in the meeting that “as the war develops, the IDF will act to safeguard the lives of the hostages, allow the forces to refresh in order to strengthen endurance, and operate according to the values and spirit of the IDF.”