Aviv Kochavi
Gen. Mark Milley, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi and other senior officials discuss regional security concerns, including ongoing threats posed by Iran.
“The Israeli-Greek military bond continues to grow stronger,” the IDF says of the meeting between Hellenic National Defense General Staff Chief Konstantinos Floros and Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi.
The Israel Defense Forces is not planning to lock down bases as it did during the first wave of the virus.
The pilots managed to reactivate one of the Black Hawk’s engines when the chopper was less than 100 feet from the ground.
The airstrikes targeted Iranian bases in multiple parts of the country, according to Syrian media reports.
Tehran has made considerable progress with its nuclear program, but the threat the country poses extends beyond its quest for nuclear weapons, says Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi.
As the Israeli defense establishment gears up for Jerusalem’s planned application of Israeli law to parts of Judea and Samaria, Washington is reportedly calling to “greatly slow the process.”
“Memory is a source of strength, spirit and values,” says Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi in a letter to all Israel Defense Forces’ personnel ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi names eight aspects of the country’s response to the nationwide pandemic that the military should assume responsibility for immediately.
Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, who went into quarantine after attending a meeting with a commander that later tested positive for the virus, “feels good and will remain in isolation until the end of the week,” says IDF Spokesperson’s unit.
The defense establishment’s role is twofold: to ensure that the disease does not harm its readiness and to assist civilian systems to cope with the pandemic.
The new Tnufa (“Momentum”) multi-year program recognizes that Israel’s enemies, including Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran and Shi’ite militias, have been upgrading their ability to threaten the Jewish state.
