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 Lt. Col. Hertzi Halevi's decision to appoint an external inspection committee appears to be his biggest mistake since the beginning of the war against Hamas on October 7.
Not only was Defense Minister Yoav Galant surprised by the very idea, but so were generals at the IDF General Staff. The seniors thought they had a gentleman's agreement, putting the existing tensions and disputes aside, not dealing with what happened before October 7 and concentrating solely on achieving goals The war, and some will say "until the victory over Hamas".
The Chief of Staff's decision on the matter of the committee increased the suspicion, which still exists at the top of the IDF, of all his actions and statements. The same suspicion caused some of them to prepare for the difficult questions. Whether it will be an internal investigation , an outsider or a state commission of inquiry that is obligated to be established, it is clear to everyone at the General Headquarters that the day after the war in the Gaza Strip will be reflected not only in the struggle for the narrative regarding what took place on the night between October 6 and 7, but also in what preceded the war in the years, and what was the contribution of all members of the Defense Ministry forum.
The commission of inquiry appears to be his biggest mistake.
Hertzi Halevi/IDF spokesman
One cannot be satisfied with only examining the "complete intelligence blindness", the collapsed defense system and the concept in the Palestinian arena must also be examined.
One must also look at the level of preparedness of the IDF for a Hamas raid on the home front in dozens of locations on the border and for fighting in several arenas at the same time, while committing to a level of competence, readiness, supplies, spare parts and appropriate equipment. led by the Chief of Staff.
The failure to protect the rear of the State of Israel is the responsibility of all those sitting at the General Staff table, wherever they may be. Each of them has a part in the degree of readiness for war. One after the other. Who is more and who is less, but everyone's. in the mirror and say that he was not involved in one way or another in the stinging failure on October 7. It is always worth asking the question, was there one champion who came out against the policies of the various governments in the last decade? Governments that crushed the policy of differentiation between the Palestinian Authority and Gaza and promoted the series with the anti-Hamas organization, Governments that bear full responsibility for what took place in the southern, northern arena and more, as far as Israel is concerned in the near future.
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The failure is of all those sitting at the table.
Chief of Staff forum/official website, Kobi Gideon/L.A.M
115 days of fighting and the time that has passed must not be allowed to soften the unbearably heavy price, the difficult sights, the horrors, the heartbreaking stories first and foremost of babies, Holocaust survivors and families who were kidnapped from their beds by terrorists, those who were slaughtered and families who were murdered.
Despite the great achievements of the war in the Gaza Strip, and there are many such, displays of heroism, leadership, fighting spirit and social resilience, it is worth noting that among the members of the General Staff there are those who have been gripped by an atmosphere of oppression to this day.
Those who do not let go for a moment and deal with what happened, in order to prepare for the deluge of investigations that will come with the sunset of the fighting on the battlefield.
There are also those who aim to be part of a round of positions in the General Staff, and those who have become "war machines" and are only busy fighting and achieving the goals of the war. It is
not clear how there are those who dare at this point in time to think about the next placement discussion even before all the abductees have been resettled and the military arm collapsed of Hamas, before it became clear what was the fate of the northern border that Israel faced for the war against Hezbollah.
The Chief of Staff is required to act as a leader to align the General Staff. Halevi in the Gaza Strip/IDF Spokesman
Therefore, the Chief of Staff is required to take one leadership action that will align the General Staff and the top of the army and restore to him the desired status for the Chief of Staff in war.
An action that will dissipate, if only temporarily, the tensions created in the General Staff, and may harm the achievements of the war that are slipping away from them, not only because the political echelon is dragging its feet.
Israel's enemies are waiting to identify cracks in order to widen them.
The Chief of Staff is on the verge of approving new appointments at the top of the army, apparently in the ranks of lieutenant colonels.
At the same time, he is required to decide on organizational questions.
Each of them will have an expression and reactions inside and outside the army.
Here his leadership will be tested again.
In the past, the Chief of Staff insisted on the sentence: "The IDF needs a compass, not a clock."
Does he think so even now?
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