The IDF spokesman reveals new details about the scope of the fighting against Hezbollah/L.A.M
Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Hertzi Halevi's decision on an external inspection committee headed by the former Chief of Staff broke the gentleman's agreement with senior officials of the IDF General Staff Forum, according to which they would not deal with what preceded October 7th, but with achieving the goals of the war.
There are also those who claim that the committee was not only thwarted by politicians but by high-ranking IDF officials who were very concerned about the shaping of the "narrative" by the committee, in a way that harms their chances of standing up for their point of view in the event. In general, assuming that the war is prolonged and long It would have been appropriate for the Chief of Staff to instruct the commanders of the arms, wings and commands to initiate investigations in their sector.
In the spirit of preparation for the day after, the top of the defense establishment claim that the decision on a round of senior appointments at the IDF General Staff forum depends on the continuation and intensity of the war in the Gaza Strip, with negotiations for the release of hostages taking place in the background;
Will a wide war break out against Hezbollah;
and the decision of the Chief of Staff and/or the retirement of the top of the IDF, which includes the head of the IDF, Major General Aharon Haliva, Major General Amit Sa'ar, and the commander of 8200, Major General J.
Security sources claim that the early retirement of the head of the Shin Bet Ronan Bar, which is currently not on the agenda, can also speed up processes and influence the top of the army.
According to security sources, there is no intention of senior government officials to have another upheaval on the October 7th upheaval and the obvious tensions that exist Since then, the IDF General Headquarters has witnessed the war on several fronts.
According to the same sources, there is an intention to carry out processes in a respectful and orderly manner until they are carried out with the consent of the parties within professional overlapping processes.
At this stage, security sources emphasized that the process is not on the agenda and will not be discussed, but equally warned that developments could take place according to personal decisions of the senior military officials.
Out of three, one comes out.
Baram, Zamir and Gordin/photo processing, Reuven Castro, Shlomi Gabbai and the IDF spokesman
Towards retirement.
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi/IDF Spokesman
For the time being, the first candidate to replace Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is the Director General of the Ministry of Defense,
Maj. Gen. Eil Zamir
, who previously served as military secretary to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, commander of the Southern Command and Deputy Chief of Staff. Maj. Gen. Zamir is highly regarded on his part. of Netanyahu and current Defense Minister Yoav Galant. There are those on the 14th floor who describe the relationship between Zamir and Galant as "harmony". The
other candidate is the current Deputy Chief of Staff
Major General Amir Baram
who previously served as commander of the Northern Command, commander of the Northern Brigade and commander of the military colleges.
The third candidate is
Major General Uri Gordin
, who is currently the commander of the Northern Command, and was previously the commander of the Home Front Command and Chief of Staff of the Land Arm.
There are those who claim that the name of
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon
is emerging as a candidate for returning to the ranks of the IDF in key positions after he previously served as head of the operations division and commander of the Central Command
. To them: the commander of the land arm,
Major General Tamir Yedai
, and a new-old name that comes up again is
Major General Amikam Norkin
, who previously commanded the planning division and the air force.
The candidates for the position of Deputy Chief of Staff. Col. Yedai and Col. (Ret.) Norkin/photo editing, IDF spokesman and Reuven Castro
Substantial changes in the composition of the expanded General Staff involve the question of who will be the prime minister, whether the government will disintegrate down the road, and who will be the defense minister during the round. Another question that is already being asked is whether the General Staff will say goodbye to a long line of champions, and skip a generation that took part in the conception of the settlement on the southern front and created the terminology: "Hamas deterred". All this, in order to promote veteran brigadier generals to the ranks of general in order to create a new DNA in the IDF, which will be expressed in initiative, striving for contact and militancy in all arenas. This is even before dealing with the consequences The investigations or in a state commission of inquiry, which will examine everyone's involvement in the last decade and in the way that led to October 7. Also, the question of heterogeneity around the Chief of Staff's table, the "color of the berets" to produce processes of critical thinking and encouraging a variety of opinions, are at the doorstep of the Chief of Staff -24 of the IDF.
Will he return to the IDF? General (res.) Nitzan Alon/Reuven Castro
Expected to retire.
Head of AMN, General Haliva/Flash 90, Tomer Neuberg
A number of officers can compete for the position of head of the IDF, including
Major Yehuda Fox
, currently commander of the Central Command and formerly the IDF attaché in Washington.
As mentioned, there is already talk in the security system, including in Jerusalem, about the possibility of appointing the head of the ACA, Major General
Yaniv Asur
, who is known as a fighter and strives for contact, and was formerly an operations sergeant major, to the commander of a spatial command with a high probability - or to the prime minister's military secretary as an intermediate station with low probability.
The candidacy of
General Avi Gil
, the military secretary of the current Prime Minister and the military attaché in Washington,
General Hedi Silberman,
is unclear at this stage.
Their future is clouded.
Major Gil and Major Silberman/photo processing, IDF spokesman and Reuven Castro
A candidate to replace Haliva at the head of AMN. General Yehuda Fox with Galant/Ministry of Defense, Ariel Harmoni
From the headquarters in the ACA to regional command? Major General Yaniv Asur/IDF spokesman
In the background of the expected processes, when the dust settles on the war in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, questions will be clarified regarding additional appointments, such as ideas that have already been raised in Jerusalem about reducing positions, among them: the depth command, the land arm, which currently includes five generals and the head of the strategy and Iran division, which split from the planning division and turned out to be a position who can be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, as well as an expected change in the level of the coordinator of government operations in the Territories. A
major shake-up is also expected in the intelligence community when one of the senior officials decides on the timing of bringing the head of the National Security Agency to "lay the keys".
This move will be followed by chain reactions in the other positions in view of the findings of the investigations.
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