Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns over October 7 attack failures

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Published 2024-04-22
Aharon Haliva, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, is the first senior official figure to step down over the failures surrounding Hamas’s attack.
The Israeli military said in a statement the military chief of staff accepted Haliva’s resignation and thanked him for his service. The move could set the stage for more of Israel’s top security brass to accept blame for not preventing the attack and step down.
Haliva said in October that he shouldered responsibility for not preventing the attack that broke through Israel’s vaunted defences. At least 1,139 Israelis were killed and hundreds were captured and taken back to Gaza.

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All Comments (21)
  • @finnjacobsen684
    Scapegoat? Wasn't the Oct 7 massacre known and accepted by Israel as the excuse to start the genocide?
  • The chief's resignation indicates not only his acknowledgment of failure but also his attempt to avoid investigation into the IDF's killing of civilians on October 7. Netanyahu's blocking of the investigation underscores the seriousness of these events.
  • @ametsylla9040
    Should have resigned for guilty of war crimes instead
  • @EricSiman
    Am i crazy to think this was orchestrated from the beginning?
  • @KalamKhan-cq3jq
    Instead of Netanyahu resignation,lower r submitting resignation.
  • @Arms26
    Scapegoat. Netanyahu said to him "I need a fall guy, and you're it. I'm not going down for this. YOU are.
  • Also in spite of intelligence and Israeli army failed to arrive on the scene for many hours - why? The who.e thing is suspicious - like they stood back
  • First: Release the thousands of Palestinians who are held in Israeli prisons without charge. Second: Arrest netanyahu Third: Agree to facilitate the creation of a viable Palestinian state.
  • @Rs73Rs
    He was pushing for accountability on the friendly fire on Oct 7 and was pushed out.
  • @roboldx9171
    At last, an Israeli official who accepts full responsibility for all the actions of the Israeli state crimes leading up to and including October 7th.
  • He resigned because of commiting Genocides. Innocent people are killed because of wrong decisions But he can easily turn against Netanyahu regime
  • @StHat20
    Totally incompetent people.
  • @Satanrulezzz456
    Tell people about netanyahus lawyer, the jeffrey epstein fan...
  • @ganie1961
    Hamas attack wasn't that strong. But the defence was weak
  • @12thninja
    TLDR They knew what was cooking but did nothing to stop it and infact weakened security further. Why they did that is anyone's guess.