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Katz interviews three senior generals for IDF chief position
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with candidates for IDF chief of staff: Maj. Gen. Amir Baram (top), Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai (middle), and Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir (bottom), January 26, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Israel Katz has interviewed three senior generals he named as candidates for the next IDF chief of staff, his office says.
The candidates are Maj. Gen. Amir Baram, the current deputy chief of staff; Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir, the Defense Ministry director-general; and Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, the former Ground Forces chief.
Katz told the three generals in separate interviews that the role of chief of staff “is first and foremost to lead an offensive policy of defeating the enemy in all combat theaters.”
The defense minister will choose one of the three candidates “soon, in coordination with the prime minister,” Katz’s office says.
