18/8/2024–|Last update: 8/18/202403:12 PM (Makkah Time)
The Israeli army radio reported that the president had been terminated. Military Intelligence Division (safety) Aharon Haliva He will assume his duties next Wednesday, four months after announcing his resignation from his post.
Haliva is one of the first Israeli military figures to announce his resignation from his position due to the failures of October 7th.Al-Aqsa Flood).
According to Channel 13, the exchange ceremony and the end of Haliva’s position were supposed to take place a few days after the assassination of Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr and the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Ismail Haniyeh, but due to the rise in the security situation, it was decided to postpone the ceremony.
Major General Shlomi Bender is expected to take over as the new head of the Intelligence Division after serving as head of the Operations Division.
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The Minister of National Security had previously objected. Itamar Ben Gvir And the Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich These appointments were made in coordination between the Chief of Staff. Hertsey Halifax And Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich said that Halevi and Galant are not authorized to make appointments in the midst of war, and do not have the legitimacy to appoint commanders suspected of negligence and who bear responsibility for the failures of October 7.
On April 22, the Israeli occupation army announced the acceptance of the resignation of the head of the Military Intelligence Division, Aharon Haliva, who said in the text of his resignation, which he submitted to the Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, “The Intelligence Division did not carry out the mission with which it was entrusted.”
He called for “the formation of a special committee to investigate the events that led Israel to what happened on October 7.”
The Intelligence Division is subordinate to the General Staff of the Army and is the largest intelligence agency. The agency is entrusted with the responsibility of providing the government with strategic assessments on the basis of which general policies are formulated, especially with regard to conflict issues.
