General Zvi Tsur, Army Chief of Staff, declared today in a New Years message to the army that “what we accomplished during the past year is a guarantee of our security in the coming year and what we will accomplish next year will safeguard our security in the years to come.”
“We will enter next year with a keen wish to foster our life in spirit and in strength so that we shall be able to safeguard the continuation of the upbuilding of the state and to foil any attempts at evil, ” A special New Year parade was scheduler in army camps and installations.
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