Gadi Eizenkot

Ofer Winter condition for joining government: Universal draft law passed before coalition formed

“We will not join a government that does not pass, before it is formed, a law that puts an end to draft evasion and requires everyone to report for service and contribute,” Winter said.

Amcha Yisrael party chairman Ofer Winter speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, September 2, 2026.
Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot at a march for conscripting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews into the IDF, in Jerusalem, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Israel may no longer need a prime minister with an American accent - opinion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.

Bennett surges to 22 seats as Likud falls, opposition inches toward forming gov't - poll

MKs Gadi Eisenkot (L) and Benny Gantz (R) seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Gantz, Lapid push back against haredi draft exemption bill in the Knesset


The Lounge February 4, 2020: INSS

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)’s annual conference opened last Tuesday evening in Tel Aviv.

FROM LEFT, Stanley Fischer, Stanley Fischer, Rony Hizkiyahu and Pini Cohen.

Eisenkot: Strategic position better, Israel not facing existential threat

"You can't disconnect our soldiers from the discourse in Israel."

Lieutenant-General (res.) Gadi Eisenkot speaking at the Israel Democracy Institute

IDF: Shi'ite militias fired rockets at Israel from Syria

The rockets failed to hit Israeli territory.

Iranian Quds Force sites in Aqrabeh, Syria, targeted to thwart killer drone attack

Eisenkot: UNIFIL has important role in neutralizing Hezbollah tunnels

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot said that the Lebanese government is responsible for Hezbollah's tunnel activity in southern Lebanon.

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and UNIFIL head Maj.-Gen. Stefano Del Col

Is the IDF ready for war?

Last June, the IDF’s chief ombudsman, Gen.(res.) Yitzhak Brick, issued an urgent report in which he claimed that the military’s readiness for war is dangerously deteriorating.

IDF soldiers near the Gaza border

Two officials resign advisory c'tee over conflict of interest on Netanyahu

The resignations of Yaakov Nagel and Iris Stark comes following an interim order by the High Court of Justice to freeze the proceedings of the Goldberg committee.

Police chief Roni Alsheikh and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot salute at a Remembrance Day ceremony for Israel’s Fallen

Citizen returns phone number found to be recycled from IDF Chief of Staff

It is unclear why the army did not freeze the phone number rather than returning it to the cellular company.

Gadi Eizenkot IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen.

IDF Chief of Staff calls on troops to keep politics out of the army

Officer suspended for Facebook post: ‘Why do I need to serve the state?’

Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot

Avi Gabbay: Netanyahu must go due to rocket fire from Gaza

"This [rocket fire] is the result of four years of the security cabinet not making decisions," Avi Gabbay said.

Labor Party Chair Avi Gabbay

Nat'l Journalists Assoc. demands inquiry into death of Gaza photographer

Yasser Murtaja, 31, was killed while covering Friday's protests in Gaza.

Mortally wounded Palestinian journalist Yasser Murtaja, 31, is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops at the Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip April 6, 2018.