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.
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