IDF extends Southern Command overlap amid Gaza unrest

In light of the security situation in Israel and especially the serious rioting by Gazan Palestinians on the border with Israel, the General Staff decided Saturday night to delay the start of Gen. Eyal Zamir’s tenure as the new head of the Southern Command for at least another week, thus extending the overlap with outgoing Gen. Sami Turgeman, a senior defense source said Sunday.  

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