Head of Israel’s Military Intelligence Resigns After Hamas Attack: Aman’s Leadership Under Scrutiny

Watan-Hebrew media reported that the head of Israel’s military intelligence department, “Aman,” Major General “Aharon Haliva,” decided to resign from his position on Monday after failing to prevent Hamas’ attack on October 7. prevent.

Haliva is the first among the occupation’s senior security and political leaders to announce his retirement, following his responsibility for the failures that led to significant losses for Israel following the October 7 attack and the outbreak of war.

An extensive investigation

Israeli Army Radio stated that “Haliva” had decided to resign from his position due to the events of October 7, indicating that the resignation will not take effect immediately but is expected within a few weeks.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Haliva had submitted a letter of resignation to the chief of staff, stating: “Throughout my duties, I knew that with authority comes responsibility.”

He called for the establishment of a government investigative committee “capable of conducting a comprehensive investigation into all the circumstances and factors that led to the difficult events,” his statement said.

On the other hand, the newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” said that Haliva informed the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Hertzi Halevi, of his dismissal from the army “after being responsible for the ‘Operation Northern Flood’ on October 7”, indicating that “Haliva had initially decided to retire due to the October 7 failures, but now he has decided to implement his intention to resign.”

He said Haliva bore responsibility for the failure of the sudden attack about a week and a half after the outbreak of war, stating: “We have failed in our most important mission, and as head of ‘Aman’ I bear full responsibility.” for the failure.”

At the time, he noted: “In all my visits to Israeli army units in recent days, I have sat down and emphasized that the start of the war was an intelligence failure, and that the army under my leadership failed to warn of the attack. carried out by Hamas. We will investigate deeply and effectively what needs to be investigated and draw conclusions. But now there is only one task left for us, namely to fight and win.”

Appointment of a replacement

According to a statement from the Israeli army, Haliva will complete his duties and withdraw from the army after a replacement is appointed, in consultation with the chief of staff and the defense minister.

On Monday, the Israeli army announced that eight soldiers had been injured in fighting in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.

Since October 7 last year, the occupying state has suffered significant losses in its economy due to the costs of the war, either through military expenditure or the deployment of thousands of reserve soldiers, which has greatly affected production, in addition to the compensation paid to the affected individuals, along with human losses among the soldiers and officers of the Israeli army.

Reports indicate that losses from the occupation amounted to 270 billion shekels at the end of March.