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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
The chief of the IDF Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, meets with troops in central Gaza, April 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 4, 2025, 11:48 am
Families of slain and captive troops berate IDF Southern Command chief – recording
Parents, brother of 4 soldiers accuse Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, who has announced he will resign, of abandoning their sons and failing to demand their early release
By ToI Staff
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
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) meets with the chief of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman in northern Gaza, Feburary 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 21, 2025, 5:24 pm
Taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures, IDF chief and head of Southern Command resign
Chief of staff Halevi says he’ll step down on March 6, after first stage of ceasefire with Hamas; Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman doesn’t give exact date, will stay ‘as long as needed’
By Emanuel Fabian
Rockets are launched by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, in Gaza, October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa)
October 6, 2024, 4:15 pm
IDF preparing for possible long-range rocket attacks from Gaza on Oct. 7 anniversary
Army assesses projectiles could be fired at central Israel as nation marks 1 year since Hamas attack; IDF bolsters defenses on Gaza border, deploys troops to surrounding towns
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Before and after photos of Israa University in Gaza that was blown up by the IDF on January 17, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
March 11, 2024, 1:46 pm
Senior IDF officer censured over demolition of Gaza university without approval
IDF finds Israa University was used by Hamas, but Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram didn’t ask Southern Command head for permission to destroy it
By Emanuel Fabian
Smoke billowing after Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip, December 20, 2023. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
December 21, 2023, 1:25 am
IDF says it’s fighting in new areas as it nears end of ground offensive in north Gaza
Spokesman says army now operating in Gaza City neighborhoods of Daraj and Tuffah, where one of Hamas’s last battalions stands; in south Gaza, top general says troops advancing
By Emanuel Fabian
An IDF APC is seen in northern Gaza's Shejaiya, December 15, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2023, 3:49 pm
Initial IDF probe: 3 hostages were shirtless, waving white flag when troops shot them
One of the 3 killed in tragic mistake shouted ‘Help’ in Hebrew; IDF says soldiers fired against protocols; on Wed., troops found ‘SOS’ and ‘Help, 3 hostages’ spray-painted nearby
By Emanuel Fabian
Head of the IDF Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, peers into a tunnel shaft at Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, November 17, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 18, 2023, 1:55 am
IDF southern command chief: ‘We see clear Hamas presence in all hospitals’
Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman says terror group making ‘cynical use’ of hospitals; IDF posts images showing tunnel shaft at Shifa, weapons at Al-Quds, tunnel inside Rantisi hospitals
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A woman carries a white flag with a group of Palestinians fleeing Gaza City to the southern Gaza Strip on Salah al-Din street in Bureij, November 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
November 7, 2023, 6:42 pm
Thousands of Gazans waving white flags head south along IDF evacuation route
Palestinians recount being told to raise their hands by troops as they make journey; chief of IDF Southern Command says ‘we won’t rest, we won’t stop, until we fulfill our mission’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israel Defense Forces troops operating in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 31, 2023, 3:42 pm
Israeli troops fight ‘fierce battles’ against Hamas in urban areas deep inside Gaza
4 wounded by rockets in Ashdod amid heavy fire; IDF general to troops: We’ll fight in the alleys, in the tunnels, victory is the only option; 80 aid trucks set to enter Strip
By Emanuel Fabian
L-R: Incoming commander of the IDF Southern Command Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, IDF chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, and outgoing head of the Southern Command Maj. Gen. Eliezer Toledano, at the unit's base in Beersheba, July 9, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
July 9, 2023, 1:12 pm
IDF chief Halevi says reservists ‘don’t have the right’ to refuse to show up for duty
With renewed threats by reserve soldiers over judicial overhaul, military chief says IDF must remain ready amid heightened tensions across region
By Emanuel Fabian
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