Israel fires military commanders over October 7 failures - RocketNews

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45% : war.The Israeli military has dismissed several senior officers and censured others over the failure to prevent the Hamas-led attack in October 2023.The list of generals formally fired on Monday included those in charge of military intelligence, operations, and the southern command, which is responsible for Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe move comes despite the government having yet to launch an investigation into the attack, which launched the devastating war in the enclave.The military had announced in a statement on Sunday that a number of officers were to be released from reserve duty and would no longer serve in the military."The IDF [Israeli army] failed in its primary mission on October 7th - to protect the civilians of the State of Israel," military chief of staff Eyal Zamir

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