New IDF Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir has cancelled a long-standing IDF policy of granting large swathes of soldiers leave during holidays, saying that the practice had created vulnerabilities that contributed to the October 7th massacres.

“There will be no more shutdowns in the IDF,” Zamir said during a meeting with senior commanders, according to reports from several Hebrew-language outlets.

He noted that individual soldiers would still be able to take leave and furloughs, just not in a manner that endangers the security and operational ability of entire bases and units.