Chief of Staff, Major General Aviv Kochavi, visited the Bashan brigade and held a situational assessment with Head of the Northern Command, Major General Amir Baram, commander of the brigade, Brigadier General Roman Goffman and others.

"Our message is clear," Kochavi said. "We will continue to act as vigorously as necessary against the Iranian enclavement in Syria, and be on alert for any manifestation of aggression against us."