Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir on Sunday imposed a series of disciplinary actions and dismissals on several senior military officers over the army’s failure to prevent the events of Oct. 7, 2023, local media reported.
Israeli officials widely view the events as the country's biggest intelligence and military failure, causing severe damage to Israel's image and its army's credibility.
According to the public broadcaster KAN, Zamir's decisions included ending the reserve service of several retired generals, among them former Military Intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, former Southern Command chief Yaron Finkelman, and former Operations Directorate chief Oded Basyuk.
These officers had already been removed from their command posts earlier, but the new measures fully terminate their reservist status.
Zamir also dismissed Gaza Division reserve commander Avi Rosenfeld, while the division's intelligence officer was expelled from the army altogether, KAN added.
