The Israeli military intelligence chief has resigned over his \u201cleadership responsibility\u201d for the Hamas-led October 7 attacks into southern Israel, which led to the killing of 1,200 people and another 250 kidnapped. <\/p>\n
Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva is the first senior military figure to step down over the Hamas attacks on October 7, which was the deadliest day for Israel since its founding. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was decided that MG Aharon Haliva will end his position and retire from the IDF, once his successor is appointed in an orderly and professional process,\u201d the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday, thanking him for his 38 years of service. <\/p>\n
In October, Haliva admitted to an \u201cintelligence failure\u201d by his unit in not alerting the Hamas-led attacks on Israel. <\/p>\n
\u201cDuring my visits to IDF Intelligence bases over the last 11 days, I have repeatedly said that this war began with an intelligence failure. The Intelligence Directorate, under my command, has failed to alert this terror attack launched by Hamas,\u201d Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva said then in a letter to IDF\u2019s intelligence personnel. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t fulfil our most important task, and as the head of the Intelligence Directorate, I take full responsibility for this failure.\u201d These were Haliva\u2019s first comments since the attack. <\/p>\n
They came after Israel\u2019s top domestic security official took responsibility on for the attacks. <\/p>\n
Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar wrote in a statement then that, \u201cdespite a series of actions we carried out, we weren\u2019t able to create a sufficient warning that would allow the attack to be thwarted,\u201d adding, \u201cThe responsibility is on me,\u201d according to Israel\u2019s Army Radio station. <\/p>\n
The attack was widely seen as a major Israeli intelligence failure, with a number of top defense and security officials coming forward in October to take responsibility to some extent for missteps that led to the attacks. <\/p>\n
In December, a report from the New York Times claimed Israel obtained Hamas\u2019 plan for the attack more than a year in advance. The report said Israeli officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, and deemed it too complex for the group to carry out. Other outlets, including Israeli newspaper Haaretz, have also reported the claim. <\/p>\n
Soon after the attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received sharp public criticism after he accused security chiefs in a later-deleted social media post of failing to warn him about the impending attack. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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