Israel's highest-ranking military official, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, has resigned, attributing the decision to security and intelligence failures associated with the Hamas attack that ignited the Gaza war. On the same day, Israel initiated a major military operation in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank, resulting in at least six Palestinian deaths and 35 injuries.
Israel's top general resigned on Tuesday, citing security and intelligence failures related to Hamas ' surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi is the most senior Israeli figure to resign over the security breakdown on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas -led militants carried out a land, sea and air assault into southern Israel, rampaging through army bases and nearby communities for hours.
The attack killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted another 250. More than 90 captives are still being held in Gaza, around a third of whom are believed to be dead. In his letter of resignation, Halevi said the military, under his command, had 'failed in its mission to defend the State of Israel.' Halevi, who began what was meant to be a three-year term in January 2023, said his resignation would go into effect March 6. Meanwhile, Israel launched a large military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that the Palestinian Health Ministry said had killed at least six people and wounded 35. The city has seen repeated Israeli incursions and gunbattles with militants in recent years, even before Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack. Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek an independent state encompassing all three territories. The ceasefire does not apply to the West Bank, which has seen a surge of violence since the start of the war. Israeli troops have carried out There has also been a rise in attacks on Palestinians by Jewish extremists — including a rampage in two Palestinian villages overnight Monday — as well as Palestinian attacks on Israelis. Hamas condemned the Israeli operation in Jenin, calling on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to step up their own attacks. The smaller and more radical Islamic Jihad militant group also condemned the operation, saying it reflected Israel's “failure to achieve its goals in Gaza.' It said it was also a “desperate attempt” by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to save his governing coalition.Netanyahu has faced criticism from his far-right allies over the ceasefire, which required Israeli troops to pull back from populated areas in Gaza and envisions the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including militants convicted of involvement in deadly attacks on Israelis. Netanyahu's governing coalition was weakened, but he still has a parliamentary majority. Another, far-right leader, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, has threatened to bolt if Israel does not resume the war after the first phase of the ceasefire ends in six weeks. Israel’s military campaign has killed over 47,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to local health authorities, who say women and children make up more than half of the fatalities but do not say how many of the dead were fighters
GAZA WAR MILITARY OPERATION ISRAELI SETTLERS RESIGNATION HERZI HALEVI HAMAS JENIN PALESTINE
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