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Ongoing Story· Day 6

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IDF Chief of Staff Holds Multi-Front Readiness Assessment Ahead of Elections

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Hebrew · Sole source

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir led a multi-front readiness assessment on Tuesday, focusing on preparations for the upcoming elections. He stressed the military's commitment to ensuring safe and timely elections and announced measures to enhance preparedness. These include a troop departure freeze, increased senior officer presence, and reinforcement of forces in the Central Command and other operational areas.

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  • IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir conducted a multi-front readiness assessment on Tuesday.
  • The assessment focused on the military's preparations for the upcoming election period.
  • Zamir emphasized the IDF's mission to ensure safe and timely democratic elections.
  • The military is on high alert and maintaining vigilance across all fronts.
  • New measures include a troop departure freeze and increased senior officer presence.
  • Forces, including the Paratroopers Brigade, are being reinforced in the Central Command area.

The Israeli military's Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, convened a multi-front situation assessment on Tuesday morning to review the IDF's preparations for the upcoming election period. The meeting included senior officers such as the head of the Operations Directorate, the head of Military Intelligence, and commanders of the Northern, Central, and Southern fronts, as well as the Home Front Command.

Zamir emphasized that the IDF's primary mission is to ensure the democratic elections proceed safely and on schedule. He stated that the military is on high alert and will maintain its vigilance and readiness across all fronts.

During the assessment, the Chief of Staff ordered several measures to enhance operational preparedness. These include a freeze on troop departures from IDF units starting Thursday, increased presence of senior commanders in command centers and units, and the reinforcement of the Central Command with additional forces, including the Paratroopers Brigade command element, to bolster deployment and presence in the Samaria and Binyamin regions. The Paratroopers Brigade will operate as a task force in that area.

Furthermore, additional forces will be allocated to other fronts, including air, sea, and land, based on operational needs.

IDF SpokespersonOfficial · Tel Aviv

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