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Netanyahu appoints Eyal Zamir as new chief of Israel Defense Forces
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
With this announcement, Zamir has become the 24th Chief of Staff of IDF, replacing Lt Gen Herzi Halevi following his resignation last month. He will take the post on March 6, Times of Israel reported.
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Israeli Defense Minister: Israeli Forces to Remain in Syrian Buffer Zone '
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israel Defense Forces would remain inside the Syrian buffer zone "indefinitely" while visiting troops there on Tuesday.
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Judea and Samaria residents to be released from administrative detention
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Israel Katz said he will free Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria being held in administrative detention.
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Netanyahu holds meeting on hostages, sends team to Doha for negotiations
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a high-level meeting on Saturday evening to discuss the issue of Israeli hostages and missing persons. The meeting included Defense Minister Israel Katz, top security officials, and U.S. negotiators from both the outgoing and incoming administration
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Israeli Army says it recovered one body, found items linked to second host
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Following Defense Minister Israel Katz's announcement that the bodies of two hostages were recovered in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said it had only recovered the body one.
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Israel's confession of killing Haniyeh justifies Iran's Oct 1 attack: Iran
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks in a letter addressed to the UN Security Council while reacting to the confession on Monday by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, in which he admitted for the first time that Israel had assassinated Haniyeh in
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"We will strike Houthis... just as we did to Haniyeh": Israel confirms kil
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Hamas leader Hanieyh's killing came hours after top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli air attack on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, on July 31.
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"We will not allow Hezbollah to rebuild terror infrastructure": Israeli De
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Defence Minister Israel Katz visited an IDF outpost in Lebanon on Sunday to oversee the army's preparations to implement the next stage of a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.
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Israeli fighter jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen: IDF
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The IDF said that the targets struck by fighters jets were "used by Houthi forces for their military operations."
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Israel "closer than ever" to close hostage deal with Hamas: Report
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Katz's comments to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee were reportedly made in a closed-door meeting, but leaks of his remarks were reported widely in the Hebrew press.
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Lloyd Austin congratulates Israel's new Defence Minister Katz, pledges "ir
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Sharing a post on X, Austin wrote, "I held an introductory call yesterday with the new Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, and congratulated him on his recent appointment. I reaffirmed the United States' ironclad commitment to Israel's security and support for its right to defend itsel
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Israel PM Netanyahu fires Defence Minister over "lack of trust"
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Gallant, who was a longtime rival from within the Likud Party, will be replaced by Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Minister without Portfolio Gideon Sa'ar will replace Katz, as per Times of Israel.
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