Marking 1,000 days of fighting since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught in southern Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Monday the military is at a “strategic crossroads in the war.”

Zamir spoke during an assessment summit with senior officers. The event opened with a minute of silence in memory of those who fell on October 7 when Hamas led thousands of terrorists in an invasion of southern Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 as hostages to the Gaza Strip.

The Hamas attack triggered a war in Gaza that spilled over to several other fronts, after Israel came under attack from the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon and Houthi rebels in Yemen, both of which are sponsored by Iran. Israel also went to war with Iran, alongside the US.

“Today we are holding a multi-arena operational, intelligence, and strategic assessment, marking 1,000 days of combat. These days, we find ourselves at a significant and strategic crossroads in this war,” Zamir said in remarks published by the military.

“This war has changed methods of warfare, operational concepts, and the way we operate. We remember, we learn, and we prepare for the continuation of the combat and the many challenges that lie ahead,” he added.

October 7 was, Zamir said, “an attack on the very existence of the Jewish people.”

“That memory requires us to continue to change, to draw and assimilate........

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