Overview
- Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir publicly acknowledged a severe, systemic failure on Oct. 7, 2023 and removed several former top commanders from reserve duty while issuing formal censures to serving chiefs.
- Those removed from service include Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk and Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, while censures were issued to Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Shlomo Binder, Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar and Navy chief Vice Adm. David Sa’ar Salama.
- Many of the dismissed figures had already resigned from active posts, making parts of the move symbolic, as pressure grows for a state commission of inquiry that the government has yet to establish.
- An Israeli strike in Beirut killed Hezbollah’s military chief Haytham Ali Tabtabai, drawing large funerals in the capital and prompting heightened Israeli alerts and exercises near the northern border.
- Violence persisted under the US‑brokered Gaza ceasefire, with reports of Palestinians killed near the Yellow Line as the IDF said it targeted armed suspects, and with the US‑backed GHF ending its Gaza aid operations.