After IDF’s Oct. 7 probes are released, Halevi says he takes full responsibility for failures

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi says he takes full responsibility for the military’s failures during the lead-up to the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, and on the day itself.

“My responsibility is mine, I was the military commander on October 7. I have my responsibility and I also have all of your responsibility,” Halevi said to senior officers on Monday, during a presentation of the IDF’s probes into the attack.

“An organization, and a person, incapable of standing up and looking failure in the eye, will have a very, very difficult time putting it right.”

He says he faces up to that failure every day and tells the officers: “Don’t try to forget. Don’t try to look away — not out of weakness; with a great deal of strength — because that’s how we will be stronger.”

Earlier this evening, the investigations were released to the public.

Halevi is resigning from the IDF on March 5.