Publish date22 Jan 2025 - 9:32
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Israeli senior military official resigns over October 7 failures

The chief of the Israeli army has resigned citing the military’s security and intelligence failure that led to the October 7 Operation al-Aqsa Storm by Hamas resistance movement.
Israeli senior military official resigns over October 7 failures
In his resignation letter released on Tuesday, Herzi Halevi, said he was leaving in keeping with his promise to take responsibility for the failure of the military, under his command, that allowed Hamas to carry out the attack on October 7.  

"My responsibility for this terrible failure accompanies me every day and every hour. This will continue for the rest of my life," he wrote in his letter sent to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the regime’s war minister Israel Katz, adding that he will resign effective March 6, after two years and two months in office.

Halevi went on to say that he made this decision long ago, adding that given the recent ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of captives being underway, “the time is ripe.”

Shortly after, Major General Yaron Finkelman, the head of Israeli military operations in Gaza, also announced his resignation.

Israel’s former minister of military affairs and opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman called on Netanyahu and the rest of the cabinet ministers "to take responsibility and follow in the footsteps of Halevi."

The latest resignations came after Israel was forced to agree to a ceasefire, accepting Hamas' longstanding negotiation terms. The ceasefire went into effect on Sunday.

The ceasefire deal consists of three phases, each lasting 42 days. Negotiations for the second and third phases will begin 16 days after the implementation of the first phase.
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