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IDF Chief Eyal Zamir Attends Wedding of Man He Saved as a Baby 22 Years Ago

The visit reflected a bond formed after he neutralized a gunman who attacked the family two decades earlier.

Overview

  • Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir appeared Sunday night at a Kfar Chabad wedding for Menachem Kirshnzaft, son of Rabbi Yigal Kirshnzaft, a longtime Chabad emissary formerly in Gush Katif and now in Nitzan.
  • Zamir addressed guests and described the 2003–2004 incident as a miracle, recalling the bullet-riddled car and offering a blessing to the groom.
  • The IDF chief first met the family when, as commander of the 7th Armored Brigade near the Kissufim checkpoint, he raced to the scene and fatally shot the attacker who had opened fire on their vehicle.
  • VINnews reported that Zamir’s appearance followed a tense day that included a reported assassination of Hezbollah’s chief of staff in Beirut’s Dahiyeh district, a claim not independently corroborated in the other pieces provided.
  • VINnews also reported that earlier the same day he met senior officers and dismissed several over failures tied to the October 7 attacks, a development presented there without additional sourcing in these articles.