Monday, June 10, 2024

‘I failed in my life’s mission’: Gaza Division head announces resignation over Oct. 7

(He waited 8 months to resign over his failings on Oct 7 2023? Bullshit.)

from Times of Israel

The Israeli general in charge of the Gaza Strip area announced his resignation on Sunday over his role in the failures that led to the Hamas terror group’s October 7 onslaught.

Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld, the head of the Israel Defense Force’s Gaza Division, said in a letter to his superiors that “on October 7, I failed in my life’s mission to protect the [Gaza border communities].”

The officer was due to be replaced in “the coming period,” the IDF said.

Rosenfeld is only the second senior officer in the IDF to resign over the October 7 attack, after the chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate announced he was quitting in April. (Another top intelligence general who was planning to step down over the onslaught quit after being diagnosed with cancer.)

In his letter to the head of the Southern Command and the IDF chief of staff, Rosenfeld said: “I have decided to end my position as commander of the 143rd Division (the Gaza Division) and my service in the IDF, as part of my responsibility as a commander.”..

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