Aviv Kochavi
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi presented Israeli assessments on Iran’s nuclear program and regional entrenchment in the Middle East.
Priorities include communicating intelligence assessments by the Israel Defense Forces on Iran’s nuclear program and professional concerns over a new nuclear deal, in addition to sharing key lessons from recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
The call between the leaders was the second this week after the new Israeli government was sworn in on June 13.
“The operations were part of a campaign that the naval branch has been leading in the past year, and which have contributed to IDF activity in the campaign between the wars,” said the Israeli military.
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said the military is prepared for the possibility of a resumption of fighting in the Palestinian arena, saying that the situation “is explosive.”
The decision will be voted on in the next Cabinet meeting; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expects it to be approved easily.
In the first of a planned series of working meetings with European leaders, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, discuss Iran, the ICC, COVID-19 and more.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi says the incident constituted the crossing of a red line.
A speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a video released a day later showing targets in Israel are designed to falsely legitimize the terror group’s use of human shields, states Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri of the Alma Center, which exposed four new missile sites in Beirut.
The decision by Israel’s military chief of staff to stake out a position could be aimed at creating a unified Sunni-Israeli regional front highlighting an agreement with inadequate sunset clauses that expire too soon for comfort.
Israel is “not yet aware” of all of Iran’s military capabilities, says Iranian army spokesperson.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi urged the new Biden administration not to even renegotiate the Iranian nuclear deal, saying “it is a bad thing and not the right thing to do.”
