Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir toured the 401st Armored Brigade in southern Lebanon on Sunday and spoke with its commanders, praising their strength after the brigade suffered heavy casualties. 'I salute you,' he told them. 'The brigade proves strength and resilience in the face of the losses it has sustained throughout the war. You cannot stop the 401st Brigade. This is your spirit, this is the spirit of the IDF.'
The Chief of Staff's visit to the 401st Brigade comes hours after an earlier tour of the same unit reported at 15:54, during which Zamir also visited the family of Lt. Col. Dor Ben Simhon, the 52nd Battalion commander killed in action. The 401st Armored Brigade has been operating in southern Lebanon as part of ongoing IDF operations against Hezbollah. According to a Sunday message from the IDF, the brigade has sustained heavy losses over the course of the war. The chief's remarks — "You cannot stop the 401st Brigade" and "This is the spirit of the IDF" — underscore the military's emphasis on morale and unit cohesion amid continued combat. The visit was reported by Israel Hayom.
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