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Ongoing Story· Day 7

IDF Chief of Staff Warns of Escalation Potential in West Bank

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IDF Chief of Staff: Forces Reinforced Across Fronts, Will Prevent Election Interference

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Hebrew · Sole source

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited a Gaza Division exercise on Tuesday, stressing high readiness for war and upcoming elections. He stated that forces have been reinforced across all fronts and that the IDF will prevent any external interference in the democratic elections. Zamir also emphasized learning from the October 7th failures to ensure such an event never recurs.

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  • IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited a Gaza Division exercise on Tuesday.
  • Forces have been reinforced across all fronts, according to Zamir.
  • The IDF will prevent external influence on the upcoming democratic elections.
  • Zamir stressed learning from the October 7th failures to prevent future events.
  • The exercise included defense and offense scenarios based on October 7th lessons.

The Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, visited a large-scale command exercise by the Gaza Division on Tuesday. The exercise, based on lessons learned from the October 7th massacre, included defense and offense scenarios aimed at defeating the enemy. During his visit, Zamir assessed the forces' readiness for war and emphasized the IDF's high alert status ahead of the upcoming elections.

"In the past week, we have strengthened defenses and reinforced forces in all arenas, and we are at a high level of alertness and readiness," Zamir stated. "Our enemies have sustained very heavy blows, but they continue to plan operations against us. We do not wait for threats, but proactively act to remove them."

Zamir also addressed the lessons from the intelligence failures. "The lessons of October 7th obligate us to ensure such an event never happens again. We must always be prepared, understand that there are blind spots we do not identify, and prepare for any scenario."

Regarding the election system, Zamir clarified, "Our goal is to enable democratic elections to take place without external influence."

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