IDF intelligence commander takes responsibility for failures leading to outbreak of war
The commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Command, Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva, took responsibility for the failure of his unit to warn the security system about the surprise attack carried out by Hamas on Oct. 7.
“In all my visits to Military Intelligence Directorate units in the last 11 days, I sat down and stressed that the beginning of the war was an intelligence failure,” Haliva said in a letter published on Tuesday.
“The Military Intelligence Directorate, under my command, failed to warn of the terror attack carried out by Hamas,” he wrote.
“We failed in our most important mission, and as the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, I bear full responsibility for the failure.”
“Whatever needs to be investigated, we will investigate in the deepest and most comprehensive way, and draw the conclusions,” he said, but added, “But now, there is only one task, to fight back and to win.”
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