On this picture posted on March 3, 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Palmachim Air Pressure Base. Chief of the Common Employees Lt Gen Eyal Zamir can be seen.
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Israel Defence Forces (IDF) chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir advised a safety cupboard assembly that the navy “goes to break down in on itself” amid a rising manpower scarcity, Israeli media reported.
“I’m elevating 10 purple flags in entrance of you. Proper now, the IDF wants a conscription legislation, a reserve obligation legislation, and a legislation to increase necessary service,” Gen. Zamir advised Ministers, in line with a report Channel 13. “Earlier than lengthy, the IDF won’t be prepared for its routine missions and the reserve system won’t final,” he mentioned. The Occasions of Israel additionally reported his feedback.
Gen. Zamir’s feedback got here at a time when Israel is preventing wars on totally different fronts. It has been finishing up in depth air strikes on Iran since February 28. The IDF has additionally invaded Lebanon to combat Hezbollah and occupy extra Lebanese territory within the south. Within the West Financial institution, the place settler violence towards Palestinians is on the rise, the IDF has deployed hundreds troops.
On Thursday (March 26, 2026), the IDF introduced that an Israeli soldier was killed and 4 others wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile assault. For the reason that newest preventing with Hezbollah started on March 2, a minimum of 4 Israeli troops have been killed. Hezbollah says it’s resisting the Israeli invasion within the south, and has launched tons of of rockets into Israel previously three weeks. In line with Lebanese authorities, a minimum of 1,070 had been killed by Israeli strikes since March 2. Greater than 1 million individuals have been displaced.
Israel’s Opposition Chief Yair Lapid blamed the federal government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “sending the military right into a multi-front struggle with out a technique, with out adequate assets, and with too few troopers.”
“This time, the federal government will be unable to say, ‘I didn’t know.’ That is the chief of workers they appointed, they usually will be unable to politicise him and shift the blame onto him,” Mr. Lapid mentioned.
Printed – March 27, 2026 03:50 pm IST
