Eyal Zamir

NSC warns Israelis, Diaspora Jews about heightened antisemitism, terror threats ahead of Oct. 7

The NSC issued several advisories, including to "avoid posting advance information on social media regarding travel or movements abroad."

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Director David Zini, and Israel Police Chief Daniel Levi hold a security assessment ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, published October 6, 2026.
A Knesset guard lowers the Israeli flags to half-mast to commemorate the National Remembrance Day for October 7 massacre and the Iron Swords war, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, October 27, 2024.

Israel must be ready for any threat, no matter how unthinkable it may seem - editorial

(From R-L) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Council head Shmuel Ben-Ezra, military secretary Maj.-Gen. Guy Markizeno, IDF chief Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, IDF Intelligence head Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Shin Bet head David Zini consult, July 24, 2026.

Shin Bet, IDF call for reinstating administrative detentions, creating settler violence task force

Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the market in the Old City of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, September 27, 2026.

Live grenade round fired at IDF troops in friendly-fire incident during training exercise


IDF drafts new principles document outlining values as discipline declines, elections near - report

The document is also expected to address the IDF’s nonpartisan nature ahead of approaching elections by clearly setting out its policies, according to the report. 

IDF soldiers conduct a manhunt for a terrorist who shot Israeli hikers in the West Bank, July 24, 2026.

IDF denies IDF chief apologized to CENTCOM head after Katz said USAF struck Iran from Israeli bases

Saudi outlet Al-Arabiya initially reported that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir had to apologize to CENTCOM after Defense Minister Katz revealed US jets were operating from Israeli bases.

CENTCOM's Adm. Brad Cooper meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir in Israel, September 6, 2025

West Bank security situation rapidly snowballing, forces will be reinforced, military officials say

A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was "a snowball rolling downhill."

 IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026; Illustrative.

Netanyahu orders West Bank crackdown after two Israelis killed in terror shooting amid clashes

PM, Defense Minister Katz announce increased troop deployments, new checkpoints, expanded counterterrorism measures • Terror shooting followed confrontation involving settlers, IDF, and Palestinians

(From R-L) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Council head Shmuel Ben-Ezra, military secretary Maj.-Gen. Guy Markizeno, IDF chief Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, IDF Intelligence head Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Shin Bet head David Zini consult, July 24, 2026.

IDF is ready and prepared for fighting with Iran to resume, Arabic spokesperson Waweya says

"We do not wait for missiles to fall or for the enemy to knock on our door before getting ready," Lt. Col. Ella Waweya said.

Maj. Ella Waweya, the new Arabic language spokesperson.

Iran will face a 'crushing blow' if it attacks Israel, Katz warns after security assessment

Western intelligence assessments suggest Iran may seek to draw Israel into a confrontation and could even choose to act first, Ynet reported on Thursday.

Defense Minister Israel Katz in a meeting with high-ranking IDF officials.

Katz goes all out against IDF attempts to reduce Jewish violence against Palestinians - analysis

Defense minister tries to veto IDF Central Command Chief Avi Bluth from using restraining orders on alleged Jewish extremists after already blocking administrative detention.

Israeli soldiers disperse with tear gas Palestinians who had gathered as a fire blazes near the village of Tell, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Havat Gilad, west of Nablus in the West Bank on July 18, 2026.

Mandatory service extension will not solve army manpower crisis, head of IDF personnel warns

Bar Kalifa wrote that the extension of mandatory service approved by the Knesset plenum on Thursday “does not eliminate the need to expand the pool of draftees.”

Maj.-Gen. David (Dado) Bar Kalifa, Head of the Manpower Directorate attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on September 17, 2025.

Hours after Iranian shrapnel lands in Israel, Zamir says IDF ready to strike back

IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post that the Sunday attack has shifted the military closer to war footing.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks to IDF commanders in the West Bank, July 19, 2026.

Municipality is not 'modesty patrol': Bnei Brak councilman slams sidewalk gender segregation

About a week ago, the Bnei Brak municipality announced an unusual measure to separate men and women on sidewalks in the area surrounding the city’s event halls.

Street sign reading women on one side and men on the other, in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, July 15, 2026.