Chief of Staff: "The IDF is subject to the political level, but the decision on the investigation is an operational necessity"/Niv Aharonson
Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi today (Wednesday) sent a scathing letter to State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman in which he wrote that starting an audit during the war would divert the commanders from the fighting. The learning of the necessary lessons in order to achieve the goals of the war."
The letter comes after we first revealed here in Vala! That the auditor sent a letter to the Chief of Staff in which he informed him that the criticism of the IDF would begin during the war, but without harming the fighting itself. This week we published that former senior IDF They have already consulted with a top-notch attorney out of fear that the inspection will harm them. We also published that the IDF does not like the inspection and that they would prefer to see a state inspection committee that would also inspect the political echelon and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
To these claims, sources from the State Comptroller's side respond that the Comptroller made it clear that he intends to inspect the entire political echelon as well and that the Ministry of Defense is also under scrutiny.
The State Comptroller has yet to respond.
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