Major General Haliva, who has served 38 years in the IDF, said: 'I will carry the horrible pain of the war with me forever.'
The Israeli military intelligence chief has resigned after failures that led to the deadly 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Major General Aharon Haliva was one of several senior commanders who said they failed to predict and prevent the most devastating attack in the country's history. He is the first senior figure to quit the IDF since the assault. In his resignation letter, he said the intelligence division under his command 'did not live up to the task we were entrusted with'.
On the failures, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously said 'everyone will have to give answers' including himself, but he has so far not accepted direct responsibility. The IDF said its chief of general staff had thanked Major General Haliva for his service where he made 'significant contributions to the security of the State of Israel as both a combat soldier and commander'.
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