The IDF “is not going to relent till we convey each one that performed a component within the [October 7] bloodbath to justice,” IDF Chief of Basic Employees, Eyal Zamir stated on Wednesday whereas conducting an operational evaluation within the Gaza Strip.
“We’re implementing the safety technique we outlined, not solely right here, however alongside the entire State of Israel’s borders,” Zamir defined. The technique locations the IDF on the entrance, to be able to defend communities and their residents.
The IDF chief additionally thanked the IDF’s Southern Command, expressing appreciation for models working within the Gaza space who’ve maintained a “sustained offensive strategy,” and constantly act “to guard the residents of the communities close to the Gaza Strip.”
He spoke about current operations which have focused and killed Nukhba and October 7 terrorists, explaining that the pursuit of everybody concerned within the October 7 bloodbath “is a everlasting and ongoing mission that the command is finishing up with nice success.”
Talking on August 5, 2026, the day that may have been Ariel Bibas’ seventh birthday, Zamir stated that “The photographs from the communities, the Bibas household, the surveillance troopers, and all of the victims of the October seventh bloodbath are earlier than our eyes day-after-day.”
IDF army motion within the Gaza Strip
Zamir additionally offered some perception into IDF operations within the Gaza Strip, “We now have struck Hamas, considerably weakened it, and basically modified the safety actuality.”
“The IDF will proceed to function proactively and in response to the precept we established, to take away threats and, in each scenario, defend the communities and their residents and safeguard their safety.”
Over the weekend the IDF carried out a collection of strikes within the Gaza strip, killing a number of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists, together with Mahmoud Fatair, a commander within the PIJ’s Central Gaza Brigade who infiltrated Israel on October 7 and took half in holding Rom Braslavski hostage.
Nonetheless, operations in Gaza aren’t alone, emphasised Zamir.
“The Gaza entrance is a part of a multi-front effort. Final week I met with the troops in southern Lebanon, and right here I see the identical spirit. A spirit of initiative, dedication, and dedication to the mission,” Zamir stated.
“It’s this spirit that allows us to proceed implementing the precept we established and to take care of the initiative in our arms,” he added.
“We is not going to enable a risk to emerge on our borders just like the one we skilled through the October 7 bloodbath.”
