New IDF chief Zamir visits troops in Gaza Strip on first day on the job

By Emanuel Fabian

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6 March 2025, 9:42 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks to troops of the Kfir Brigade's Netzah Yehuda Battalion, a largely Orthodox unit, in the Gaza Strip, March 6, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visited troops in the Gaza Strip earlier today as part of his first day on the job.

“Always be ready, always be vigilant, always be suspicious, always be practicing,” Zamir says to troops of the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

“If you look behind you, you will see the houses of Sderot. You protect the civilians in Sderot. You are our line of defense,” he says.