IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, in a video statement, says that Israel is ahead of a “significant, fateful and unprecedented campaign to destroy the capabilities of the Iranian terror regime,” APA reports, citing Times of Israel.
“The IDF, together with the United States military, has begun striking strategic targets in Iran. We are prepared with high operational readiness, both in defense and offense. Ahead of us is a significant, fateful and unprecedented campaign to destroy the capabilities of the Iranian terrorist regime — capabilities that constitute an ongoing existential threat to the security of the State of Israel,” Zamir says.
He says that the operation “will ensure our existence and our future here.”
Zamir says that during the 12-day war against Iran in June 2025, the military “set back and pushed back the nuclear project, struck the ballistic missile array, and undermined the plan conceived and led by the Iranian regime with its regional partners to destroy the State of Israel.”
He says the June operation “proved that this regime is vulnerable. We cracked its internal stability and, for the first time, created historic cooperation together with the US military in Operation Midnight Hammer, in which American aircraft delivered a lethal blow to Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
“Since then, we have been monitoring developments in Iran. Despite the severe blow it sustained, the radical Iranian terror regime has not abandoned its vision and its malicious intentions to advance the plan to destroy Israel, including continuing to advance the nuclear project, restoring and increasing the pace of ballistic missile production, and destabilizing the region by arming and financing terrorist proxies,” Zamir says.
Zamir says that in recent months he led, in coordination with his American counterparts, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commander of CENTCOM, “a joint and in-depth battle plan.”
“This is close and unprecedented cooperation between the IDF and the US military. The IDF is competent and prepared for a range of scenarios. At this very moment, Israeli Air Force pilots are striking hundreds of targets across Iran, at great risk and in coordination with American strikes,” he says.
Zamir says air defense systems and the Israeli Navy are “deployed to defend the country’s skies and shores against missile barrages and aerial and maritime threats,” and ground troops “are deploying along the borders in order to thwart and repel any attempt to infiltrate the territory of the State of Israel.”
“As we all know, there is no hermetic defense. We must not underestimate the enemy’s ability to harm us. In the coming period, we will face difficult tests. We surpass our enemies in our courage, in the determination of our troops, and in the justice of our path. Our resilience is our strength. Time and again, our enemies learn that the resilience of the Israeli home front cannot be defeated,” he continues.
Zamir calls on Israeli civilians to adhere to the Home Front Command’s guidelines. “Adhering to these instructions saves lives,” he says.
“We are focused at this time solely on victory. Upon entering my position, I said that before our eyes at all times stand victory and the defeat of the enemy. Every enemy who threatens Israel’s security will pay a heavy price. Trust in us and rely on the power of the IDF to act forcefully and without compromise in all arenas,” Zamir adds.
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