The Chief of Staff, Major General Hartzi Halevi, visited the center of the Gaza Strip on Friday evening, and held a situation assessment and tour with the commander of the Southern Command, Major General Yaron Finkelman, the commander of Division 99, Major General Barak Hiram, and the reserve forces operating in the area of the central corridor of the Gaza Strip.
“We are going to two weeks of significant days here. Holocaust Remembrance Day and Heroism, Remembrance Day and Independence Day one week after the other. We are a year after many casualties in the IDF, many civilians killed in these events, with a very great responsibility of ours as an army, and with a great deal of memory and thought about the learning going forward, about how we strengthen ourselves from here forward and also with the understanding that the price we paid with the learning together is a price that we must be willing to pay to exist here going forward, so that those around us will understand the great determination we have to be here.” said the Chief of Staff.
“The IDF operates in many arenas – North, South, IOS, it's with ground forces, we operate farther and in many other ways. Operating in many different arenas, we have many more tasks ahead. Patience is needed, we will change, we will rest, we will bring back refreshed people. But we will keep, a strong spirit that I receive from you in a very, very clear way. We will maintain a great deal of national, IDF determination, and with these things I think we will eventually reach the right results.” he added.
“We, I mean the State of Israel, with a great deal of work by the IDF, by the ACA, put huge sums of money into taking care of the reservists. A lot of it was streamed this week, and it's meant to take care of people, and it's meant to take care of going forward and it's meant to take care of people who've also lost their jobs. And I tell you, you will also group problems that exist and we will deal with it. This is also very, very important for employers and legislation. We have a duty to the people who on October 7th left home, came here, we have a duty to take care of them, pay them back, reward them, cherish and appreciate them truly endlessly.' said in closing.
IDF spokesperson
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