The Chief of Staff at the scene of the attack in Bali, February 29, 2024/IDF spokesman
After more than 150 days, this coming Thursday Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi intends to update the entire IDF with an order to officially open a series of investigations in commands, wings, arms and troops.
This, despite the fact that there are units in the IDF, among them 8,200, that have already begun investigations, as published in Vala.
So far, the Chief of Staff has postponed the date of the investigations of the war and the decisions that led to it.
Halevi justified his decision and said that it is wrong to conduct an investigation while the IDF is engaged in a war in the southern arena against Hamas, and is conducting a limited campaign against Hezbollah in the northern arena.
The Chief of Staff is expected to update the army on Thursday about the opening of the investigations. Harzi Halevi in his office with the head of the Shin Bet and the commissioner/spokesman of the IDF
According to estimates in the security establishment, the investigation will bring with it debates among senior IDF officials about the narrative, the facts, the data, and the interpretation of the controversial events and decisions that led to the October 7 disaster, debates that may harm the functioning of the IDF as a whole.
Already at this stage, there is tension between the members of the General Staff Forum over the part and contribution of each of them to the complete surprise on the morning of Simchat Torah. One way or another, the investigation, and the controversy it will bring with it, may expand Halevi's power in the current General Staff, and to a large extent moderate his strength of the political echelon.
So far, timetables, the subjects of the investigation and the heads of the teams, have not been published to the general public.
Also, the identity of the team that will investigate Chief of Staff Halevi's performance in the period leading up to the war, and on the night of October 7th in particular.
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The identity of the team that will investigate Halevi's performance has not been published.
Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Herzi Halevi/IDF Spokesman
Already at this stage, senior officials are criticizing the timing of the official opening of the investigations, which are the lifeblood of the IDF. "The investigations were supposed to start early in order to identify those responsible, the failures, learn lessons and draw conclusions for the future," said a senior officer in the General Staff this week to his associates.
The main criticism against the IDF General Staff is the decision to launch a round of deployment discussions even before the investigations were completed. During the discussions, the generals, headed by the Chief of Staff, were named, while the question of their responsibility for the October 7 failure has not yet been examined.
This week, there were discussions on placements of positions in the ranks of sub-generals, and soon discussions will begin on the positions of sub-generals.
The generals will be named, headed by the Chief of Staff, while the question of their responsibility for the October 7 failure has not yet been examined.
In addition to the matter of delaying the investigation and the hasty appointments, the Chief of Staff is also criticized for continuing to promote his multi-year plan, which may be based on worldviews that were falsified on October 7, and not suit the needs of the IDF during war and the day after.
"How is it possible to know that you are not investing the budget in a plan that will bring you the same result you prepared for on October 6, and it crashed on you the next day," said a senior official, explaining that without an investigation, Halevi's TARSH (multi-year plan) could result in a repeat of The mistakes that led to the disaster. It is further argued that there is no reason to advance Halevi's 2018, before deciding when he will take responsibility for the October 7 massacre and finish his duties.
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