Aviv Kochavi
More than 90 rockets have been fired on southern Israel in the past two days; most have been shot down by Iron Dome or landed in open fields.
“Momentum” places emphasis on advanced air and ground defenses, cyber warfare • IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi: “We will make IDF faster, more precise, deadlier.”
“The Palestinians are still angry at the State of Israel, but they’re also looking at Gaza; they see the conditions there, and they do not want to reach that. They fear closures and disorder disrupting their lives,” Moshe Elad, founder of security coordination between the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Authority, tells JNS.
The Shiloah tactical unit brings together infantry, combat engineering, armor and air power, and will test new war-fighting strategies.
Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi shares his assessment of the growing risk of a direct clash with Iranian forces, saying that “it would be better if we weren’t the only one acting against them.”
“We are sparing no effort to stay one step ahead of the enemy,” says IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, but there is a need to bolster national resilience in the face of the growing missile threat.
In the face of the multiplying challenges, Israel cannot afford to be satisfied with the status quo; it needs to adapt and innovate, stresses IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi.
“The IDF respects the confidentiality of Cabinet hearings,” says a spokesperson after Katz shares on social-media remarks made by Israel Defense Forces’ chief of staff in a Cabinet meeting.
“The IDF is a strong, offensive and responsible army, which operates in many arenas, in all dimensions, and in effect fulfills its mission as Israel’s defense forces,” says IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi at a Yom Kippur War memorial ceremony.
Countries that allow “terrorist armies” to entrench themselves will “suffer the consequences,” says IDF chief of staff; Israel “will not cease” efforts to return captive, missing soldiers.
Israel Defense Forces reportedly confiscate surveillance footage during raids on villages near the bombing attack that killed a 17-year-old.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi invited Ethiopian-Israeli officers to share their experiences on the issue of racism in the military.
