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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Herzi Halevi

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi holds an assessment at the IDF Southern Command in Beersheba, October 8, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 8, 2025, 8:50 pm
First look at IDF chief’s October 7 schedule shows delayed top-level coordination
Document’s release comes after year-long delay, revealing that Halevi’s first meeting with Netanyahu took place more than three hours after Hamas’s surprise attack began
By Stav Levaton
Incoming IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 5, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2025, 9:09 pm
New IDF chief appoints external panel to evaluate army’s Oct. 7 probes, implement findings
Zamir names former Southern Command chief Turgeman to head team of former senior officers to look into investigations, re-examine parts if needed
By Emanuel Fabian
Incoming IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (right) and outgoing chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) at a handover ceremony at the military's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 13, 2025, 2:20 pm
Unlike predecessor, IDF chief Zamir said on board with comptroller’s Oct. 7 probe
In shift from Halevi, who clashed with ombudsman, Zamir reportedly may not believe a state commission of inquiry is needed into October 7, thinks Englman’s probe may be enough
By ToI Staff
Incoming IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir salutes at a handover ceremony at the military's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 8, 2025, 6:55 am
Report: New IDF chief tells families of hostage soldiers they are his top priority
Relatives tells Eyal Zamir they feel they can rely more on foreign governments than Jerusalem to bring back loved ones
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Defense Minister Israel Katz (right) confer incoming IDF chief of staff Eyal Zamir with the rank of lieutenant general as his wife Orna watches, at the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 5, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 5, 2025, 1:51 pm
Eyal Zamir takes over from Herzi Halevi as IDF chief, vows victory over Hamas
In parting speech, outgoing military chief of staff calls for state commission of inquiry into October 7; successor says he will do everything to bring home remaining hostages
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi speaks at a military conference, February 24, 2025. (Screenshot: Israel Defense Forces)
March 3, 2025, 4:46 am
IDF chief: I regarded Gaza as least worrying border; I know victims asked ‘Where’s the IDF?’
In leaked remarks to local council chiefs while presenting army’s findings, Halevi also notes the first troops only reached hard-hit Kibbutz Nir Oz after last terrorists had gone
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Maj. Gen. Avi Gil during the hostage rescue in southern Gaza's Rafah, February 12, 2024 (Shin Bet)
March 2, 2025, 6:04 am
Netanyahu’s office admits staff didn’t pass on alert hours before Oct. 7 attack
Confirming a report about IDF sending out a document detailing unusual Hamas activity, premier’s office defends intelligence officer’s conduct as the info was framed as non-urgent
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an IDF cadets graduation ceremony in Holon, February 23, 2025. (Haim Zach/ GPO)
February 23, 2025, 11:50 pm
Holding up photo of Bibas family, PM says Israel must ‘remember what we’re fighting for’
PM tells cadets hostages will be returned, Hamas removed, even if it means return to war, and ‘operational plans are ready’; says Israel demands demilitarization in Syria’s south
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and incoming chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Eyal Zamir, in an undated photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 16, 2025, 6:02 pm
Cabinet confirms Eyal Zamir as Israeli army’s 24th chief of staff
Former director of Defense Ministry will take over from Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, who is resigning on March 5 over IDF’s October 7 failures
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers survey the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
February 16, 2025, 6:00 pm
IDF completes all October 7 probes, will start presenting them next week
Learning from aftermath of Be’eri report, military plans to offer context to individual battles by first publishing its broader investigations of intel assessments, top brass’s decisions
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. Gur Kehati. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 14, 2025, 5:44 pm
Family of soldier killed in dubious Lebanon incident says Halevi took responsibility
Relatives of Sgt. Gur Kehati, killed with civilian researcher Ze’ev Erlich, say IDF chief met them and vowed to monitor probe even after his term ends in March
By ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) meets with former hostage soldiers (from left) Naama Levy, Agam Berger, Liri Albag, and Karina Ariev, February 14, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 14, 2025, 3:49 pm
IDF chief apologizes to freed surveillance soldiers for failing them on and before Oct. 7
Agam Berger, Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Karina Ariev tell Halevi of attack on Nahal Oz post, 15 months of captivity; chief of staff: ‘It was wrong to have not taken [your warnings] seriously’
By Emanuel Fabian
Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir in an undated photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 12, 2025, 2:07 pm
Vetting panel okays Eyal Zamir as next IDF chief
Cabinet still to vote on appointment; Zamir, former director of Defense Ministry, will take over for Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, who is resigning over Oct. 7 failures
By Emanuel Fabian
Brigadier General Yisrael Shomer (courtesy)
February 11, 2025, 11:37 pm
The general armed with only a knife who set out to regain control of his kibbutz on Oct. 7
IDF investigators reportedly moved to tears by testimony of Brig. Gen. Yisrael Shomer, a resident of Kfar Aza
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) attends a discussion on the army conscription law at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, January 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Incoming Military Intelligence Directorate chief, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, speaks at a handover ceremony at the Glilot Base near Herzliya, August 21, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 7, 2025, 1:51 pm
Katz reprimands IDF intel chief for warning discourse on Trump’s Gaza plan could prompt violence
Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder clarifies to defense minister he didn’t speak out against plan, but warned of potential West Bank violence, especially during Ramadan, as his role requires
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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