Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, agree to appoint Major General (res.) Eyal Zamir to head the ...

"On the directive of the Security Cabinet, the IDF, the ISA, and the Israel Police have today begun a...military operation to defeat terrorism in Jenin," Netanyahu said. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ...

Halevi, who succeeded Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi in January 2023, said his decision to step down stemmed from his “responsibility for the IDF’s failure” during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 ...

Eyal Zamir, a former deputy IDF chief who came in second place to Halevi during the last race for IDF chief, is Netanyahu's favored candidate.

Two hundred Palestinian prisoners have also been released today by Israel in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal.

Netanyahu’s office said that Zamir would take on the post on March 6 and will become IDF’s 24th chief of staff.

After Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi announced his resignation, Defense Minister Israel Katz on ...

At the time, it was plausibly suggested by Aviv Kohavi, the former chief of general staff of the Israel Defence Forces, that Israel should accept a permanent ceasefire in order to get the hostages ...