Chief of Staff against NzA: "They are blackening IDF soldiers with lies and manipulations"

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir harshly attacked attempts to blacken the reputation of IDF soldiers and commanders, referring to the NzA film. In a speech at an event honoring donors to the Association for the Wellbeing of the Soldier, he called the claims "baseless lies and manipulations" and defined the fight against them as "a national and international mission." Zamir emphasized that the IDF operates according to international law and does everything to avoid harming innocents, even in the face of deliberate attacks on civilians and rocket fire at cities.

IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, harshly attacked attempts to blacken the reputation of IDF soldiers and commanders, directly referring to the NzA film. In a speech delivered at an event honoring donors to the Association for the Wellbeing of the Soldier, Zamir said that "baseless lies and manipulations" are being used against the soldiers. He defined the fight against this phenomenon as "a national and international mission" and called to stand by it "on every platform and before every claimant." Zamir declared that "the IDF is the most moral army in the world." The Chief of Staff added that even in the face of "deliberate attacks on our civilians, in the face of a barbaric raid targeting a civilian population, in the face of rocket fire at city centers," the IDF adheres to its values and international law and does everything to avoid harming innocents. These remarks were made against the backdrop of the publication of the NzA film, which apparently presents an investigation or documentation concerning IDF activity.