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Israel has a new army chief. Yaal Zamir took office as the 24th chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday.
He took office on Wednesday, warning that Israel’s multi-front conflict would continue and vowing to strike its enemies with “tremendous force.” Zamir, 59, assumed his new role in a change of command ceremony at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv after the government approved his appointment on February 16.
He succeeds Harji Halevi, who resigned in January after admitting to failing to protect Israelis during a Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. Zamir, a former director general of the Defense Ministry, joined the army in 1985. He became a tank commander within a year.
He later served as commander and deputy chief of the Southern Command. He was appointed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. Zamir takes office at a sensitive time, with the future of the ceasefire with Hamas, which came into effect on January 19, uncertain.
The violence has been escalating amid a large-scale military operation in the northern occupied West Bank and rising tensions with Iran, which Israel considers its arch-enemy.
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