Gaza Strip - August 01, 2024

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Last night (Thursday), the Chief of the General Staff, Major General Herzi Halevi, held a situational assessment in the Central Gaza Strip corridor with the Commanding Officer of the Southern Command, MG Yaron Finkelman, the commander of Division 252, BG Moran Omer and additional commanders.

Full remarks of the Chief of the General Staff: "Our message to the entire Middle East this week - those who attack the citizens of Israel, those who attack the State of Israel, we are ready to go far, know how to put in a lot of effort to gather very precise intelligence, to strike, to kill and also to take risks. We struck in Beirut and we are striking in Gaza, and we will be very strong In defense, and then we will strike very strongly. This message is very important. We cannot do these things without relying on the fact that we have reservists with a very high level of professionalism and dedication. The IDF is operating with excellence, you are operating with excellence, but we need to know that we have the patience, the determination to keep doing it right until we reach the goals of the war.'