The following photos are a completion of photos taken by the IDF Spokesman’s Office photographers of outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott during his tenure.
At the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, January 13, 2019, in the presence of the media, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu commented:
“Today we take our leave of IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott. Gadi, on Tuesday you will complete 40 years of dedicated service in the IDF, four of them as Chief of Staff. During this time, we worked together against varied threats in order to build up Israel’s security.
“In achieving these goals, the IDF – under your command – worked with exceptional cooperation with all of the security arms – the ISA, Mossad, Israel Police and other bodies.
“We worked with impressive success to block Iran’s military entrenchment in Syria. In this framework, the IDF attacked Iranian and Hezbollah targets hundreds of times.
“We worked together against the manufacture of precision weapons in Lebanon. We worked to dismantle Hezbollah’s tunnels weapon in Lebanon, in Operation Northern Shield. We took action against Hamas tunnels on the Gaza border. We thwarted hundreds of terrorist attacks in Yehuda and Shomron and we carried out very many other actions, open and covert. The IDF has major achievements under your command. We yet have much work to do and we will do it.
“Just in the last 36 hours the air force attacked Iranian warehouses with Iranian weapons at the international airport in Damascus. The accumulation of recent attacks proves that we are determined more than ever to take action against Iran in Syria, just as we promised.
“Overnight, the air force also attacked on the southern front against Hamas targets in Gaza and this morning we announced the exposure of an additional tunnel, a main tunnel, perhaps the most important, that crossed the border into our territory. We are thus approaching the completion of the goal we set at the outset of Operation Northern Shield – the eradication of Hezbollah’s tunnels weapon.
“Gadi, this is a worthy conclusion to your term as the 21st Chief of Staff. On behalf of the people and the nation, I would like to thank you for your dedicated service to the people and the state. I will have more to add at the farewell ceremony, but at this stage I will suffice with two words: Thanks Gadi.”
Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot visits the Western Wall on his first day in the position. It’s customary to place notes and letters into the wall’s cracks. pic.twitter.com/xz99kVl23A
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot accompanies soldiers to a Hezbollah tunnel on the first day of Operation #NorthernShield, an operation launched to neutralize attack tunnels dug by the Lebanese terror group into Israeli territory. pic.twitter.com/fXQ5baBzjV
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot joins his son at a Commando Brigade exercise. pic.twitter.com/nyI3G64FZj
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot meets with leaders of the Bedouin community. Many Bedouin volunteers serve in different positions throughout the IDF. pic.twitter.com/o2l1XUnZsE
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot was dedicated to the “campaign between the wars.” Through his strategy and guidance, the IDF fought Iranian entrenchment in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/oqKkTRF7cY
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
4 Years as Chief of the General Staff
40 years of service in the IDF
1 mission: Defend the State of Israel.
Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, thank you for your leadership. pic.twitter.com/wY7ZFO5sv1— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot getting ready for the most important job of all: full-time grandpa. pic.twitter.com/YPddLQ5uGK
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) January 13, 2019
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Over 60 photos of a big am ha’aretz, who was probably the most anti-frum COS in recent history. Indeed, yeshiva world news. Question is: which yeshiva? You don’t have to post every news item pushed out by the chiloni media.