The IDF announced on Thursday it had decided to temporarily halt leave for combat units, moments before the head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate, Aharon Haliva, warned Israel is facing “complex days” ahead amid increasing threats of strikes by Iran.
Speaking after, it was revealed that IDF Intelligence Analysis Chief Brig. Gen. Amit Saar would resign from his role due to a cancer diagnosis. Haliva also warned that he was “not sure that the worst is behind us.”
“In accordance with the assessment of the situation in the IDF, it has been decided to temporarily stop leave of combat units,” the military said in a statement.
It added, “The IDF is at war, and the deployment of forces is constantly being reviewed according…
