IDF Chief: No Return to Old Security Posture

"In about a month and a half, we will mark three years since October 7," Zamir told the assembled commanders. "Three years during which the IDF has been engaged in a multi-front, complex and continuous campaign, in Gaza, in Judea and Samaria, in Lebanon, in Syria, in Iran and in additional arenas. This represents an enormous challenge for the IDF, and we have achieved extraordinary accomplishments across all fronts and sectors. Our forces have prevailed in every battle, significantly weakened all our enemies, and struck their capabilities and infrastructure. We continue to prepare and remain vigilant across all arenas, understanding that the campaign is not over."

Regarding Gaza specifically, Zamir stated: "We are not abandoning the overarching objective, demilitarizing the Strip and dismantling Hamas's weapons, using all necessary means. We continue to operate systematically for sustained strikes against Hamas and its leaders everywhere, including an ongoing campaign to prevent its reconstitution. The pursuit of the October 7 terrorists continues, anyone who participated in the massacre will live as a fugitive until eliminated. This is a long-term mission to which the command and the entire IDF are committed."

Zamir emphasized that "our message is clear: we will investigate and we are learning lessons, the IDF will not return to the concepts we experienced on October 6. There is no containment of threats. We will not allow the enemy to rebuild itself, we will not permit terror infrastructure to become established, and we will act at every opportunity to remove threats as they emerge."

He added that "we are attentive to the voices of residents, understand their concerns, and will reach anyone who stands behind a threat against them. We are prepared with our forces on the front lines before the communities and continue to thwart terror infrastructure and terrorists."

"The last time I met with the commanders of the Givati Brigade and the 401st Brigade, it was on the northern border of the country, just about three months ago. Now you are here, continuing to deepen the achievements in the Gaza Strip," Zamir concluded. "Southern Command and the division continue to thwart threats precisely and at every opportunity. There are tremendous achievements here based on the determined and uncompromising activity of forces in the field. This is also not the first time I'm meeting the reserve battalion from the 11th Brigade. The battalion is mobilized for 90 days in this rotation, I am aware of the exceptional difficulty for the reservists and their families. We are committed to continuing to act on your behalf."