Gadi Eisenkot

Trails left by the Iron Dome air defense system intercepting a Syrian projectile over Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, on January 20, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 29, 2019, 10:44 pm

US intel chief: Iran will likely strike back if Israel keeps attacking in Syria

In report to Congress, US director of national intelligence warns Islamic Republic undeterred from establishing ‘network’ of Shiite militias in Syria

By Judah Ari Gross

Former head of the air force, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Eshel speaks at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2019. (INSS)

January 28, 2019, 11:58 pm

Ex-air force chief: Only Russia can get the Iranians out of Syria

Former head of IDF’s fight against Tehran declares victory, but his retired comrade says military might will not be enough

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli troops search for attack tunnels dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israeli military believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, in January 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 28, 2019, 4:30 pm

Israel alerts UN to more Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon, heading toward Israel

None of these tunnels has reached the Israeli border, unlike the six tunnels destroyed by the IDF in recent weeks

By Avi Issacharoff

Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, right, is interviewed by Amos Yadlin at the Institute for National Security Studies annual conference in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2019. (INSS)

January 27, 2019, 10:13 pm

Ex-IDF chief dismisses Hezbollah claim of more cross-border attack tunnels

Gadi Eisenkot, in first remarks as a civilian, praises Israel’s achievements in fighting Iran and its proxies, defends decision not to attack in Gaza

By Judah Ari Gross

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during an interview with al-Mayadeen, January 26, 2019 (screen capture)

January 26, 2019, 9:49 pm

Nasrallah: Israeli tunnel op hasn’t curbed ’10 percent’ of Galilee invasion plan

In first comments since IDF began destroying attack tunnels, Hezbollah leader says he’s ‘surprised’ Israel took so long to find them, derides operation as intel ‘failure’

By Adam Rasgon and TOI staff

Outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose with a piece of stone from the army's operation to locate and destroy cross borders tunnels from Lebanon it was were dug by the Hezbollah terror group, at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on January 15, 2019. (Ariel Hermoni/GPO)

January 15, 2019, 5:35 pm

Eisenkot: Netanyahu’s national security decisions were never political

Echoing outgoing IDF chief, PM says government ‘made pertinent decisions whose purpose was to safeguard the state’s existence’

By TOI staff

Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the incoming IDF chief of staff, left, President Reuven Rivlin, center, and Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, the outgoing IDF chief of staff at the President's Residence in Jerusalem to mark the changing of the guard in the IDF's top post, January 15, 2019. (Mark Neiman/GPO)

January 15, 2019, 4:00 pm

Hi chief, bye chief: 6 things to know for January 15

The press takes a long hard look at Aviv Kochavi and has some suggestions on where Gadi Eisenkot and his backpack should buy a one-way ticket to

By Joshua Davidovich

Outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot (left), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the incoming chief Aviv Kochavi (right) take part in a handover ceremony on January 15, 2019 at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)

January 15, 2019, 12:47 pm

In parting remarks, outgoing army chief warns against politicizing IDF

As Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi takes charge, Gadi Eisenkot says the military ‘must preserve its place in the center of civil public discourse’

By TOI staff

Deputy IDF chief of staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi salutes during a ceremony at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv, November 3, 2016. (Flash90)

January 15, 2019, 9:28 am

Aviv Kochavi takes reins from Gadi Eisenkot as IDF chief of staff

Top officer sworn in at military headquarters in Tel Aviv before series of appearances in Jerusalem

By Stuart Winer

Illustration using photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit in the Golan Heights, on June 6, 2017, with pixellated cows. (Photo by Haim Zach/GPO)

January 14, 2019, 4:24 pm

Ambiguous no more, sorta: 9 things to know for January 14

After years of strategic vagueness, Netanyahu opens up about a Syria strike, but questions remain; Gantz espouses a stance, giving enemies ammo; and politicos play 3-D Guess Who

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot (C) participates in weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on January 13, 2018. (Ariel Schalit / Pool / AFP)

January 14, 2019, 12:22 am

In farewell remarks, IDF chief urges cabinet to strengthen PA security forces

Gadi Eisenkot tells ministers Palestinian forces recently thwarted Hamas terror attack, says strong security cooperation in Israel’s best interest

By Tamar Pileggi

Outgoing IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot sits with his wife, Chana, and granddaughter at a farewell ceremony in the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on January 13, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 13, 2019, 11:41 pm

At farewell ceremony, PM salutes outgoing IDF chief for fighting Iran

Netanyahu says Eisenkot had ‘not one day’ without work during his four-year tenure as army commander, and Israelis only aware of a ‘tiny fraction’

By Judah Ari Gross

A blast caused by an Israeli airstrike on Iranian targets in the Damascus International Airport on January 11, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)

January 13, 2019, 12:04 pm

In rare acknowledgement, Israel confirms strike on Iran weapons caches in Syria

Netanyahu: IAF hit ‘Iranian depots full of Iranian weapons’ at Damascus Airport; Assad regime accuses US of helping Israel ‘get away’ with attacks

By Judah Ari Gross

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, right, visits the spot where IDF Staff Sgt. Aviv Levi was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper along the Gaza border, on July 22, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

January 13, 2019, 11:14 am

Loose lips sum up stints: 9 things to know for January 13

Outgoing army chief Gadi Eisenkot opens up to foreign journalists about things Israelis were told to keep censored, and Likud throws a party for itself

By Joshua Davidovich

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkott attends a memorial ceremony marking 50 years since the six-day war in 1967, at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, on May 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 13, 2019, 5:22 am

Retiring army head warns rise in Jewish terror could ‘ignite’ region

Gadi Eisenkot says extremists need to be dealt with, laments support for ‘anti-hero’ Elor Azaria

By Jacob Magid