IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi resigns over Oct. 7 failures

21 Jan 2025, 17:15 by Clyde Hughes · UPI

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Isreal Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi resigned on Tuesday as he blamed himself for failures in Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

Halevi said his resignation will be effective March 6, according to a letter he sent to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz. IDF Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, the commanding officer of Israel's Southern Command, also turned in his resignation, over the failures of Oct. 7, but did not give a date on when he will leave the position.