Outgoing IDF chief of workers Herzi Halevi referred to as for a state inquiry into the prime minister and authorities relating to the occasions of the October 7 bloodbath in the course of the chief of workers changeover ceremony in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, by which incoming chief Eyal Zamir changed him.
“A state inquiry is important, to not accuse, however to get to the basis of the issues, and to make it doable to repair them,” he mentioned.
הרמטכ”ל היוצא הלוי: “צה”ל חווה לעיתים יחס משתלח, לפני המלחמה ובמהלכה. לא חייבים להיות לוחמים כדי להביע דעה, אך חלק מהמטיפים על מחסור באומץ ובנחישות מעולם לא הרגישו הדק קר בלילה מול אויב, לא שמעו נשימות חבר פצוע על אלונקה הנישאת בשטח עוין”@idfonline pic.twitter.com/861UJWCCYz
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led the ceremony within the presence of the entire leaders of the protection institution. Together with the complete IDF excessive command, Mossad Director David Barnea and Shin Guess Director Ronen Bar had been additionally in attendance, as was CENTCOM chief Michael Kurilla.
Halevi mentioned, “I used to be sworn to be trustworthy to the State…was all the time clear, the great of the State was all the time the highest worth…and I used to be by no means loyal simply to an individual.”
הרצי הלוי: “הקמת ועדת חקירה ממלכתית – נחוצה וחיונית” | הרמטכ”ל היוצא נשא דברים בטקס ההחלפה: “לא כדי להאשים, אלא בראש ובראשונה כדי להגיע לשורש הבעיות ולאפשר תיקון”@idfonline pic.twitter.com/VuIT6aJ5dw
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On the similar time, he mentioned that the IDF is all the time obligated to observe the orders of the political echelon. Turning to Netanyahu, he mentioned he knew that the upper up one is ranked, the tougher the operations approvals grow to be and that he appreciated the liberty of motion which the prime minister gave the IDF to be proactive and to behave.”
In a not-so-veiled criticism of Netanyahu, he mentioned that the IDF can by no means depart wounded troopers “in enemy territory” as 59 Israeli hostages are presently in captivity.
“We should do the whole lot to return the entire hostages; that is important for victory,” he mentioned.
The outgoing IDF chief demanded that the federal government recruit the haredi group into the military, as “the military of the nation,” in an effort to scale back the heavy strain on the reservist military.
‘Equal burden sharing’
Zamir mentioned that he’ll press for an “equal burden sharing” of serving within the IDF in a transparent reference to wanting to extend the variety of haredim serving within the IDF.
He mentioned, “Due to this fact, we are going to act to broaden the entire components of the inhabitants in the entire items of the IDF. The position of defending our State have to be divided up equally.”
The incoming IDF chief mentioned that whereas the Torah and Jewish custom are essential, motion can also be essential.
Zamir said that the dimensions of the military and its price range should develop and shortly.
He additionally dedicated to returning the entire hostages and all Israeli residents to their properties within the North and the South.
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