Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva's resignation could set the stage for more fallout from Israel's top security brass over Hamas' attack.
, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel’s history.
This image made from video provided December 2023, by Israeli Defense Forces shows Aharon Haliva, the head of Israel’s military intelligence in Gaza City, Gaza Strip.The military said in the statement that the military chief of staff accepted Haliva’s request to resign and thanked him for his 38 years of service.Haliva, as well as other military and security leaders, were widely expected to resign in response to the glaring failures that led up to Oct. 7 and the scale of its ferocity.
The Hamas attack, which came on a Jewish holiday, caught Israel and its vaunted security establishment entirely off guard. Israelis’ sense of faith in their military — seen by most Jews as one of the country’s most trustworthy institutions — was shattered in the face of Hamas’ onslaught. The resignation could help restore some of that trust.
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