Popular outgoing IDF spokesman says public trust ‘is most important asset’; urges ‘all parts of society’ to enlist

Popular outgoing IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says public trust “is the most important asset” of the military, as he’s replaced in his post after being passed over for a promotion by the new chief of staff.

“Our mission over the past year and a half was rehabilitating public trust in the IDF” following October 7, Hagari says, while calling “to keep the army above any argument, dispute or any other attempt which poses a true danger to the trust [in the army] and its ability to realize its mission.”

Hagari also calls for “all parts of society” to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces, in an apparent reference to the widespread non-service of the ultra-Orthodox community.

“We already need more soldiers in the IDF, not just in a few more years; the war is going on now,” he says.