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Jan 13, 2019, 12 tweets

The outgoing Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, is wrapping up 40 years of service in the IDF. This is his story in never-before-seen pictures:

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot visits the Western Wall on his first day in the position. It’s customary to place notes and letters into the wall’s cracks.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot visits a kindergarten after it was hit by #Hamas rockets in a Gaza border community.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot accompanies soldiers to a Hezbollah tunnel on the first day of Operation #NorthernShield, an operation launched to neutralize attack tunnels dug by the Lebanese terror group into Israeli territory.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot enters a #Hezbollah attack tunnel, dug by the terror group from Lebanon into Israeli territory.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot joins his son at a Commando Brigade exercise.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot signs the guestbook at Auschwitz-Birkenau. An estimated 1.35 million Jews were murdered at the concentration and extermination camps there.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot meets with leaders of the Bedouin community. Many Bedouin volunteers serve in different positions throughout the IDF.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot assisted in the international coalition against #ISIS.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot was dedicated to the “campaign between the wars.” Through his strategy and guidance, the IDF fought Iranian entrenchment in #Syria.

Outgoing IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eisenkot with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, Gen. Joseph Dunford. Gen. Dunford later awarded Lt. Gen. Eisenkot the Commander of the Legion of Merit award.

4 Years as Chief of the General Staff
40 years of service in the IDF
1 mission: Defend the State of Israel.
Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, thank you for your leadership.

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