MID chief: Iran behind our most urgent security threats
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Chief of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate (MID), Major General Herzi Halevi, spoke Thursday about the security threats faced by Israel, saying that "we deal with the threats with determination, with those distant and those closer, in all their forms."
Halevi spoke during an event commemorating the sixth President of the State, Chaim Herzog, who served twice as head of MID.
"The most severe security threats directed against Israel from armed groups are being aided by Iran," Halevi noted. "These are serious but not existential threats. Iran strives to base itself on our borders in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, flooding our borders with its deadly ideology.
"Its leader hopes for the destruction of the State of Israel, but those who are exposed to our intelligence and military activity know that their hopes are expected to be disappointments."
