Israeli Army Chief Herzi Halevi Resigns Over October 7 Hamas Attack Failures
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Editor - . January 21, 2025
- . Update: January 21, 2025 7:38 pm
Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi Israel’s Chief of Staff has announced his resignation. This will come into effect from March 6, 2025.
According to the reports he decided to step down because of the inability of the military to stop the Hamas attack on southern Israel.
In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, Halevi said, “My responsibility for this terrible failure accompanies me every day and every hour. This will continue for the rest of my life.” He had been in the role for two years and two months.
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After this announcement of steeping down by Halevi, Yaron Finkelman, the head of Israel’s southern command, also resigned.
Opposition leader Avigdor Liberman took political advantage of this matter and taunted Netanyahu and other ministers to follow Halevi’s example and take responsibility for the failures.
The leader of the Jewish Power party also welcomed this resignation and called for a strong new military leader to focus on defeating Hamas.
