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A female Israeli worker tours a memorial tract for nan Oct. 7 onslaught by Hamas connected Israel successful Re'im, confederate Israel, connected March 28, 2024. Israel's subject intelligence caput Aharon Haliva discontinue Monday complete failures related to nan onslaught successful which 1,200 group were massacred. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI | License Photo
April 22 (UPI) -- Israel's subject intelligence main resigned Monday complete failures successful nan tally up to nan Oct. 7 attacks connected nan state by Hamas and different Palestinian groups successful which 1,200 group were massacred.
Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva requested support to guidelines down, ending his 38 twelvemonth service career, to return activity "responsibility arsenic nan Head of nan Intelligence Directorate for nan events of Oct. 7.," Israel Defense Forces said successful a station connected X.
His resignation had been accepted by IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi who thanked Haliva for his decades of IDF work and his "significant contributions to nan information of nan State of Israel arsenic some a combat worker and commander."
It wasn't instantly clear erstwhile Haliva would time off his station arsenic nan subject must find and appoint his replacement.
An soul IDF probe into failures to observe and return preventative steps successful nan lead-up to Oct 7. is owed to study its findings successful early June.
Haliva's resignation missive called for a afloat authorities enquiry to thoroughly analyse successful an "in-depth, broad and precise mode each nan factors and circumstances" precipitating Oct. 7.
"The Intelligence Directorate did not live up to nan task we were entrusted with. Throughout my duties, I knew that alongside authority comes dense responsibility," he wrote.
As early arsenic 10 days aft Oct. 7, Haliva said he was responsible for blunders that led to nan attacks.
"The Military Intelligence Directorate, nether my command, grounded to pass of nan panic onslaught carried retired by Hamas," he said astatine nan time.
"We grounded successful our astir important mission, and arsenic nan caput of nan Military Intelligence Directorate, I carnivore afloat work for nan failure."
Haliva was connected picnic successful nan confederate Israel Red Sea edifice of Eilat connected Oct 7. erstwhile he was alerted successful nan mediate of nan nighttime of signs that an onslaught was imminent but reportedly took nary portion successful high-level IDF deliberations and did not make himself disposable connected nan phone.
He was later reported arsenic having told colleagues that he would person interpreted nan intelligence presented arsenic grounds of a Hamas subject exercise, not an existent attack.
"It wouldn't person changed nan last consequence successful immoderate way," Haliva reportedly said.
