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Israeli ministers and military commanders were killed, dismissed, or resigned from their positions as a result of the sharp criticism directed at the performance of the government and the Israeli security establishment following Operation Al-Aqsa flood Launched by the Palestinian resistance led by Izz al-Din al-Qassam BrigadesThe military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation), settlements Gaza cover At dawn on October 7, 2023.
Benny Gantz
Benjamin “Benny” Gantz An Israeli politician and military leader, born in 1959, joined the Israeli army in 1977, then rose through the military ranks until he assumed the Ministry of Defense in two government coalitions.
He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Alternative Prime Minister in the National Emergency Government formed by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In April 2020.
Joined in October 2023 Israeli War Council Which emerged from the emergency government that was formed to manage the war on Gaza StripAfter the Al-Aqsa flood operation.
In April 2024, he called for new elections, but his call was rejected, and in May 2024, he threatened to resign from the government if it did not adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, by June 8 of the same year.
On the evening of June 9, 2024, he announced his resignation from his position in the War Council, calling for holding “elections that will bring about a true national Zionist unity government.”
He also addressed the families of the hostages, saying, “We failed the exam, and we were not able to return your children.”
Gadi Eisenkot
Gadi Eisenkot An Israeli soldier and politician, born in 1960 to Moroccan Jewish parents, in Tiberias, northern occupied Palestine, and began his military experience by joiningGolani Brigade In 1978, when he was 18 years old, he rose through the ranks until he became a major general. He assumed the position of Chief of the General Staff and retired in 2019.
He was described as the godfather of the “suburb strategy”, which is based on the destruction of infrastructure, considering that the residents of cities in which there are military resistance forces are also warriors. For IsraelThis calls for collective punishment.
He entered the corridors of politics in 2022 and was elected as a member The KnessetThen he was chosen as a member of the mini-security government that was formed after the Al-Aqsa Flood operation in October 2023, and in December 2023 his eldest son was killed at the entrance to a resistance tunnel in Jabalia camp In the Gaza Strip.
Rivka Gantz resigned from the emergency government on the evening of June 9, 2024.
Major General Aharon Haliva
Aharon HalevaA major general in the Israeli army with a secular orientation, he was born in 1967 in the city of HaifaHe joined the Israeli army in 1985 and served as a non-commissioned officer in the 202nd Paratroopers Battalion.
Starting in 1988, he became an officer in the infantry force, then rose through the ranks until he became head of the Military Intelligence Division.safety“Year 2021.
He announced his resignation on April 22, 2024 due to his failure to predict the attack on October 7, 2023.
His resignation was expected, as he stated 10 days after the attack that he bore full responsibility for the intelligence failure.
He said in his resignation letter that the Intelligence Division under his command had fallen short of its mission, adding that he would “carry with him forever the terrible pain of war.”
ronin bar
Ronen Bar, an Israeli soldier and politician, was born in the mid-1960s and began his military service in 1983 as a fighter in the special unit of the Army Chief of Staff.
Join the Internal Security Service (Shin Bet) in 1993, and rose to hold various positions until he became deputy head of the agency in 2018, and on October 11, 2021, the government approved his appointment as its head.
Following the events of October 7, 2023, it was announced that the Shin Bet “failed to issue the necessary warning” of the attack, while former Shin Bet head Yaakov Peri said that Ronen Bar would step down from his position following the end of the war.
Tamir Yadai
An Israeli officer, whose exact date of birth is not known, began his service in the Israeli Defense Forces in 1988 as a fighter in the 51st Battalion of the Golani Brigade, and then rose to occupy various positions and become one of the most prominent field commanders.
He commanded several major combat units, including the 13th Battalion and the Egoz Intelligence Unit. He also commanded the Golani Brigade and the “Judea and Samaria” Division (West Bank), then took command of the ground forces in the Israeli army on October 12, 2021.
On September 3, 2024, he announced his resignation from his position for “personal reasons,” according to the Israeli media, while military analyzes described his resignation as an “earthquake” in the leadership of the General Staff, and said that it caused a “headache” to its chief. Hertsey Halifax.
Military analysts also ruled out the fact that the resignation was for “personal reasons,” stressing that it comes in the context of the resignations of senior officers in the army and the struggle over appointments to leadership positions headed by the Chief of Staff.
Offie Rosenfeld
One of the most prominent commanders of the Israel Defense Forces, he served in several units of the Israeli army, and held the position of commander Gaza band In the year 2022, and on October 7, 2023, the Palestinian resistance attacked his headquarters during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, forcing the Israeli army to deny rumors about his capture, while he – according to Israeli sources – was in the war room of the military base trying to organize defense.
The sources also revealed that he received intelligence information about activity in Gaza before the attack occurred.
On June 9, 2024, he announced his resignation from his position due to his “failure in the mission to protect the Gaza envelope area,” adding that “everyone must bear responsibility for what happened on October 7.”
Gideon Saar
Far-right politician, born bTel Aviv On December 9, 1966, to a father of Argentine origins, and a mother whose origins go back to Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
He joined military service in the occupation army in 1984 as an officer and fighter in the Golani Brigade, and an officer in military intelligence.
He emerged on the political scene during the period of Netanyahu's first government between 1996 and 1999, and between March 2001 and November 2002. He served for a short period as government secretary, and was later elected in 2003 for the first time as a member of the Knesset. Likud Party Which he was leading at the time Ariel Sharon.
In 2014, he retired from political life due to his disagreements with Netanyahu. Then he returned in April 2019, rebelled against him and competed with him for the party’s leadership to no avail. In December 2020, he withdrew from Likud and founded the “Tikva Hadasha” (New Hope) party.
He joined the emergency government that was formed to manage the war on Gaza following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation, and on March 25, 2024, he announced during a press conference his resignation from the government, after the expiry of a deadline given to Netanyahu to include him in the war council.
Sa'ar said, “In recent months, I and the citizens of Israel have seen how the course of the battle does not bring us any closer to achieving its goals.”
Notable dead officers
Israel revealed the names and ranks of some of its army officers who were killed during the aggression against the Gaza Strip after October 7, 2023, the most prominent of whom were:
- Colonel Assaf Hamami (41 years old), commander Southern Brigade In the Gaza Division, he was killed in the October 7 attack, and his body is being held in Gaza.
- Colonel Yonatan Steinberg (42 years old), commander of the Nahal Brigade, was killed in an exchange of fire near Kerem Shalom crossing.
- Colonel Leon Bar, a senior officer in the West Bank Division of the occupation army.
- Colonel Roi Youssef Levy (44 years old), commander of the multidimensional unit.
- Lieutenant Colonel Sahar Zion Makhlouf (33 years old), from the Gaza Division, commander of a communications battalion.
- Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Tzur (33 years old), battalion commander in the Golani Brigade.
- Lieutenant Colonel Elie Ginsburg (42 years old), an officer in the Marine commando unit.”Shayetet-13One of the elite units, he served in his last position as commander of the “Counter-Terrorism” school.
- Lieutenant Colonel Aleem Abdullah (40 years old), deputy commander of the 300th Brigade, was killed in a confrontation on the border with Lebanon.
- Lieutenant Colonel Maidan Yisrael (35 years old), Command Supply Commander in the Southern Command.
- Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habqa (33 years old), commander of the 53rd Battalion, was killed in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
