The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, visited the IDF yesterday (Tuesday) as part of her visit to Israel. The ambassador was accompanied by Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Ardan and the Deputy Chief of Staff, General Herzli Halevi, and toured a variety of sites where senior IDF officials surveyed her regarding the security challenges facing the IDF and their operational response.
At the beginning of the day, Ambassador Thomas Greenfield visited the Palmachim Air Force Base, where she met the head of the “Wall” directorate at Mapat in the Ministry of Defense, Moshe Fattal. By Wing Commander 168, Col. Tamir Zimber.
Later in the day, the ambassador arrived at the Kerem Shalom crossing, where she was accompanied by the commander of the Gaza Division, Brigadier General Nimrod Aloni, the head of the Crossing Authority at the Ministry of Defense, Erez Sidon, the coordinator of the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration, Col. Moshe Tetro and other senior officials. , The security and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the sectoral situation.
Towards the end of the visit, the ambassador visited a terrorist tunnel on the Lebanese border built by the terrorist organization Hezbollah, accompanied by the commander of the Galilee formation, Brigadier General Shlomi Binder, who reviewed the sector’s challenges, the situation in Lebanon, the establishment and intensification of Hezbollah on the Lebanese border and Iran’s.
In the words of the Deputy Chief of General Staff, General Herzli Halevi: “Iran is undermining security stability in the region, through its branches in Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. The State of Israel and the IDF will continue to be strategic partners of the United States in addressing the various challenges, while maintaining a commitment to our common values - the promotion of peace and security stability. The IDF will continue to take the necessary actions to protect the citizens of the State of Israel and to work closely with the United States to ensure “regional security.”
In the words of Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Ardan: “The Ambassador has seen the many threats we face and the terrorist organizations that are just across the border as branches of Iran. I am sure that next time we have to explain this to the Security Council, she will remember this visit And you can better protect the interests of the State of Israel. “