Netanyahu appoints Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel’s new army chief

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed retired Major General Eyal Zamir as Israel’s new armed forces chief following the resignation of Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, who took responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’s October 2023 attack. Zamir, 59, previously served as the defence ministry director general and deputy chief of staff, as well as head of the army’s Southern Command. Halevi resigned due to his acknowledgment of responsibility for the military’s failure in 2023, with Zamir now taking over as the new chief of staff.

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