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Aharon Haliva

Military Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen Aharon Haliva speaks at an intelligence officers' graduation ceremony, January 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 16, 2025, 3:01 am
Former IDF intel chief: Oct. 7 was ‘much deeper’ than an intelligence failure
In leaked recordings, Aharon Haliva recounts night before Hamas attack, lambasts Netanyahu for not resigning and claims high Gaza death toll ‘required for future generations’
By ToI Staff
Then-Commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
August 15, 2025, 12:42 am
Former IDF intel chief appears to blame Shin Bet for failing to foresee Oct. 7 attack
In leaked recording, Aharon Haliva, who headed IDF Intelligence Directorate during Hamas onslaught, also laments erosion of Israeli institutions, such as IDF that has become a ‘brothel’
By ToI Staff
Outgoing head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva (right) incoming commander of the directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder (left) and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center) attend a handover ceremony at the Glilot Base near Herzliya, August 21, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2024, 10:40 pm
Outgoing IDF intel chief Haliva says he failed to warn of Oct. 7, urges state probe
Incoming head of Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, calls for focusing efforts on ‘urgent’ mission of returning hostages
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians celebrating, near a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)
August 18, 2024, 4:08 am
IDF leaders didn’t know intel chiefs obtained Hamas battle plan in April 2022 – report
Television report says 40-page document detailing Hamas’s plans for Oct. 7 assault was withheld from military, political leadership even after concerns were raised
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on May 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2024, 11:22 pm
Poll finds 72% of Israelis think Netanyahu should quit over Oct. 7 failures
44% believe PM must resign immediately, 28% say after war; 64% in favor of hostage-ceasefire deal; respondents say premier is Israeli with greatest responsibility for Hamas onslaught
By ToI Staff
Soldiers of an IDF Military Intelligence Directorate team for the Golani Infantry Brigade are seen working at computers, in a handout photo published November 12, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 5, 2024, 1:46 am
‘The sword is coming’: Biblical IDF email warned of Hamas plans days before Oct.7
Paraphrasing Ezekiel, NCO in Military Intelligence’s Unit 8200 said it was too late to stop attack, but urged higher-ups to make plans to minimize impact while there was still time
By ToI Staff
An Instagram story posted by Yair Netanyahu, showing an image of National Unity chair Benny Gantz captioned, 'King of the conception,' shared June 15, 2024. (Instagram screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 15, 2024, 7:48 pm
Yair Netanyahu shares post casting top security chiefs as ‘fatal failures’
PM’s son posts video to Instagram blaming Gantz for appointing security heads who were in charge on October 7, which premier has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for
By ToI Staff
Cpt. Ori Mordechay Shani, a Golani commander killed at the Kissufim post, October 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 3, 2024, 12:48 pm
Father of soldier killed on Oct. 7 to petition appointment of new IDF intel chief
Yehoshua Shani calls the appointment of Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder to replace Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva ‘scandalous,’ says his role in October 7 failures must be probed first
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder in 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 2, 2024, 10:48 pm
IDF appoints new intel chief, promotes 4 other generals, despite far-right opposition
Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder will replace Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, who resigned over October 7 failures; two division commanders who fought in Gaza are given promotions
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops of the Kfir Brigade's Netzah Yehuda Battalion operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout image published April 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 24, 2024, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing April 24: Day 201 – Gaza heats up; Hezbollah drones reach Israeli beaches
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on intensified fighting in Strip and IDF efforts to evacuate Gazans, IDF’s responses to mass graves accusations, and detention of 13 people and 2 goats
By ToI Staff
Then-Commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
April 22, 2024, 12:23 pm
‘I will always carry the pain’: IDF intel chief Aharon Haliva resigns over Oct. 7 failure
In letter to army chief, head of Military Intelligence Directorate says that ‘with authority comes heavy responsibility’; will officially step down once replacement is found
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari delivers a press briefing following a deadly strike on World Central Kitchen volunteers in the Gaza Strip overnight, April 2, 2024. (Screenshot)
April 5, 2024, 12:23 am
Amid fears of Iranian attack, IDF says no need to ‘buy generators, stock food, get cash’
With public on edge as Tehran vows retaliation for deadly Syria strike, stores note spike in purchases of transistor radios, generators, longer-than-usual supermarket queues
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A diagram shown on Channel 12 on December 4, 2023, from an IDF report in July 2022, on potential Hamas invasion plans. (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
December 5, 2023, 2:35 am
More details unveiled of IDF intel on Oct. 7 plans, consults hours before Hamas attack
2 IDF commando companies diverted to West Bank from Gaza border days before onslaught; Sinwar last year publicly hailed Hamas TV dramatization of invasion as ‘what we’re preparing’
By ToI Staff
Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva speaks at the annual conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism Policy (ICT) at Reichman University in Herzliya on September 13, 2022. (Gilad Kavalerchik)
October 17, 2023, 6:53 pm
IDF intel chief says he ‘bears full responsibility’ for not warning of Hamas attack
Maj. Gen Aharon Haliva admits ‘intelligence failure’ in not alerting to coming assault; national security adviser says country’s leaders, past and present, failed
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah greets his supporters through a screen via a video link from a secret place, during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hussein Malla)
May 25, 2023, 11:41 pm
Hezbollah chief responds to Israeli warnings: You’re not threatening war, we are
Nasrallah says any mistake by Jerusalem could ‘blow up the entire region,’ after IDF Military Intelligence chief issues similar warning
By ToI Staff
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