Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in โโa letter to IDF soldiers to mark the anniversary of the seventh of October:
"The Seventh in October is not only a day of remembrance, but also a day calling for a deep soul reckoning. To recognize failures and learn from them, while examining the challenges, those that have been and those that are yet to come."
"We defeated the military arm of Hamas and we continue to fight the terrorist capabilities of the organization; We dealt a severe blow to Hezbollah, which lost its entire top leadership."
"We are changing and adapting the concept of defense at all borders, and understand that the IDF must be a larger army that takes good care of its people. We destroy the capabilities of our enemies, and we will know how to act so that these capabilities are not rebuilt, so that the oath in October will not be repeated ."