Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Defense Minister Israel Katz for a private meeting following a public dispute between the two earlier today, Hebrew media report.
A separate meeting – to be held either before or after – will bring together members of the wider defense establishment for a situational assessment, given heightened tensions on the northern border, a day after an IDF strike killed Hezbollah’s military chief.
The spat erupted after Katz ordered a renewed examination of the military’s review of its internal probes into the failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack. In an unusually direct public statement, Zamir pushed back, accusing Katz of undermining the IDF’s readiness by freezing military promotions for 30 days.
Katz later doubled down, saying the defense establishment comptroller will release recommendations on the IDF’s internal October 7 review within a month – and that senior IDF appointments will remain frozen until then.
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