From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Katz meets in south with incoming IDF chief Zamir and outgoing military head Halevi
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz is holding a security assessment at the IDF Southern Command headquarters in Beersheba with senior military officials, including outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and incoming chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir, the latter of whom is photographed in army uniform for the first time in four years.
The assessment comes ahead of another meeting at the Southern Command with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Those participating in the assessment include acting Defense Ministry director-general Itamar Graf; head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman; head of the Operations Directorate Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk; head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen Shlomi Binder; IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar; COGAT chief Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian; hostage point man Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon; and other officials.
