Israeli army Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee. (AFP file photo)
“Calm down. I’m still here.” The Israeli army’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, responded Wednesday to reports about his retirement in a video posted on his X account.
“To everyone, friends and critics alike, I say: calm down. I’m still here, I continue to speak on behalf of the army to the Arab media, and I am still carrying out my duties in the service of my army and my country,” Adraee wrote.
“Yes, everyone will eventually reach the day when their mission ends, and that day will come for me too… but later. When it happens, I will announce it myself on my platforms,” he concluded.
On Tuesday, several Israeli media outlets had reported that Adraee, known for announcing the infamous evacuation warnings before Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, known locally as "death threats," would soon be stepping down after more than twenty years with the “spokesperson’s unit.”
With millions of followers on social media and countless interviews in Arab media, Adraee, 43, has become a major figure of the Israeli army in the Arab world.
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