That is why when IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi admitted, in the wake of the Hamas invasion on October 7, that he had failed and that the failures would be investigated, he was praised ...

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IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on Friday apologized to the IDF lookouts who were recently freed from Hamas captivity for the fact that the IDF did not take seriously their warnings of an ...

The IDF chief of staff was awarded the Legion of Merit in recognition of the cooperation between the Israeli and American militaries during his tenure.

Like much of Israel's top brass, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi remained in his post through the 15-month war in the Gaza Strip, the related conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon and tensions with Iran that ...

Gen. Herzi Halevi being replaced by incoming chief Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on March 5. Halevi and the military have also called for a state commission of inquiry to address broader issues about ...

Gen. Eyal Zamir as the new army chief on Saturday, after the resignation of top general Herzi Halevi. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have agreed on the ...

So farewell, then, to Herzi Halevi, the IDF chief of staff on whose watch Hamas burst through Israel’s obscenely unprotected border to carry out the deadliest one-day attack in our country’s ...