After Hamas terror
Israel’s military intelligence director resigns
Survivors and relatives of the victims at the site of the Supernova music festival, the site of the brutal Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. Photo
© Ilia Yefimovich/dpa
Political personnel earthquake: Israel’s military intelligence chief Haliva resigns – he draws conclusions from the Hamas massacre on October 7th.
The director of Israel’s military intelligence, Aharon Haliva, has resigned. He said he wanted to fulfill his leadership responsibilities after the “events of October 7th”. Israel’s army with.
Israel’s Defense Minister Joav Galant agreed to the request to resign. According to military sources, he will also leave the army as soon as there is a successor for him. When exactly that would be was initially unclear. The intelligence department did not do justice to the task entrusted to it, Haliva wrote in a letter.
Terrorists from Hamas and other groups murdered more than 1,200 people and abducted around 250 to the Gaza Strip in their massacre on October 7 last year. Haliva said shortly afterwards that he was responsible for the mistakes that led to the terrorist attack. In order to clarify these errors, he now also called for the establishment of a state investigative committee.
Israel responded to the massacre with massive air strikes and a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. In view of the high number of civilian casualties and the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip, Israel is increasingly criticized internationally.