{"id":220576,"date":"2025-01-21T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/israels-military-chief-to-step-down-over-oct-7-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:58:09","slug":"israels-military-chief-to-step-down-over-oct-7-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/israels-military-chief-to-step-down-over-oct-7-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Military Chief to Step Down Over Oct. 7 Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Israeli military chief of staff announced on Tuesday that he would resign in early March, citing in part the military\u2019s failure while under his command to protect people from the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, who assumed the role in early 2023, has led the Israeli military throughout 15 months of war in Gaza, a ground invasion of Lebanon, airstrikes and military operations in Syria, and Iranian ballistic missile attacks. <\/p>\n

But the heavy toll of the Hamas attacks \u2014 1,200 dead in Israel and 250 taken hostage to Gaza \u2014 had long prompted an expectation in Israel that the country\u2019s security chiefs would ultimately resign.<\/p>\n

In his letter of resignation, General Halevi wrote that he \u201cmade the decision to resign a long time ago.\u201d He said that the time was \u201cnow ripe\u201d for him leave, with the military having rebuilt \u201cIsrael\u2019s deterrence and might\u201d and with a cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Hamas in place in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n