IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir hailed this generation of IDF soldiers as the greatest since the 1947-1949 War of Independence during a visit to the 36th Division in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
Zamir was accompanied by IDF Northern Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo and Ground Forces Chief Maj.-Gen Nadav Lotan.
“We are in a historic war, and there is a generation of heroism here,” Zamir told the division’s soldiers.
“Heroic brigade and battalion commanders – there has been no equal since the generation of 1948,” he said.
“You are waging exemplary battles here, and I salute you,” he added.
Zamir also commented on the ties between Iran and its terror proxy, Hezbollah.
“Hezbollah draws its strength from Iran. We hit Iran hard. We destroyed most of the components of the defense industry in Iran – including the factories that produce weapons for Hezbollah,” he said.
“We have achieved everything that the political echelon laid out for us in relation to campaigns in Iran and Lebanon, and even more,” he added.
“In Lebanon, we achieved the task laid out for us to prevent direct fire on northern Israel’s communities… We will not tolerate attacks and firing on our communities, and we will not leave until security is guaranteed for the communities of the north,” he continued.
“Any threat, anywhere, to our communities or our forces, will be removed. Your mission and duty is to operate with freedom of action and remove any threat,” he said.
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