Tensions Rise between Israeli Defense Minister, Army Chief over War Investigations

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Tensions escalate betwixt Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and IDF Chief Herzi Halevi arsenic investigations into October 7 failures spark a governmental and subject standoff.

There are increasing tensions betwixt Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz and Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi implicit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s probe into the October 7 absorption cognition and consequent onslaught connected Gaza, according to media reports.

Katz said helium had ordered Halevi to “fully cooperate” with the State Comptroller arsenic good arsenic decorativeness the army’s ain probe wrong the adjacent 3 months, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reported.

The Defense Minister besides reportedly warned that helium would not o.k. caller elder service appointments earlier the investigations were completed.

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— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 9, 2025

According to The Times of Israel, Englman “accused the subject of ‘intimidating’ elder officers who gave grounds successful the model of his probe into the multi-level failures starring up to and during the October 7” operation.

The insubstantial reported that Katz said helium ordered Halevi to let Englman “access to immoderate worldly that whitethorn beryllium required and afloat cooperate” with the authorities comptroller’s investigation.

It noted that Englman had announced successful December 2024 the motorboat of the probe into “multi-system failures.” This includes examining those with “personal responsibility” for the “failures connected each levels – policy, subject and civilian.”

Army’s Own Investigations

In effect to Katz’s statement, the spokesperson for the Israeli army, Daniel Hagari, said that the service was conducting a bid of broad investigations to amended the state’s and citizens’ defence, reported MEMO. However, helium added that the main absorption is the warfare successful Gaza and Lebanon, and truthful advancement is taxable to the load of combat.

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“The IDF is cooperating afloat with the State Comptroller, though specified an oversight has ne'er been conducted during a war. Currently, 18 IDF controller investigations are underway,” said Hagari, emphasizing that erstwhile concluded, each probe results volition beryllium handed to Englman.

“The IDF is committed to conducting qualitative investigations alternatively of carrying them retired rapidly and volition bash everything successful its powerfulness to implicit them arsenic professionally and rapidly arsenic possible,” helium reportedly said.

Veiled Criticism

The service connection concluded with a veiled disapproval of Katz’s statement, saying that, “Issues should beryllium resolved done dialog betwixt the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Staff, not done the media.”

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Katz’s spokesperson Adir Dahan issued a veiled menace to Hagari implicit the army’s effect saying “The IDF spokesman, who apologised not agelong agone for exceeding his authority, and attacking the governmental echelon, again exceeds his authority, attacks and preaches morality to the governmental echelon.”

“An apology this clip volition not beryllium enough,” added Dahan.

Ongoing Genocide

The ongoing Israeli battle connected the Gaza Strip, which began connected October 7, 2023, has led to a humanitarian situation of unprecedented scale. As the decease toll among besieged and starved Palestinian civilians continues to emergence daily, Israel is presently facing charges of genocide against Palestinians earlier the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Watch: The infinitesimal erstwhile Israeli combatant jets bombed the gross of an amusement park, westbound of Gaza City, yesterday, resulting successful the sidesplitting of 5 Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/9B8GmzPI9v

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 9, 2025

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, astatine slightest 46,006 Palestinians person been killed, and 109,378 wounded successful Israel’s ongoing genocide successful Gaza starting connected October 7, 2023. The toll is expected to emergence further, with astatine slightest 11,000 radical inactive unaccounted for, presumed dormant nether the rubble of their homes crossed Gaza.

The war, which Palestinians telephone “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” began aft a subject cognition carried retired by Hamas connected Israeli territory. Israel reports that 1,139 of its soldiers and civilians were killed during the archetypal onslaught connected October 7. However, Israeli media person raised concerns that a important fig of Israeli casualties were caused by ‘friendly fire’ during the assault.

Humanitarian Disaster

Human rights organizations, some Palestinian and international, person reported that the overwhelming bulk of the casualties successful Gaza are women and children. The ongoing unit has besides exacerbated an acute famine, with thousands of children among the dead, highlighting the severity of the humanitarian disaster.

🚨 UNRWA vows to enactment successful Gaza contempt a caller Israeli instrumentality banning its activities. “It volition beryllium a catastrophe if implemented," warns Juliette Touma. With nary backup plans, 50,000 kids & families look an uncertain future. #Gaza #UNRWA #HumanRights

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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 8, 2025

The warfare has displaced astir 2 cardinal radical from their homes crossed Gaza, with the bulk of the displaced forced into the already overcrowded confederate portion of the Strip. The colonisation successful Gaza remains trapped successful the ongoing conflict, with small entree to basal necessities specified arsenic food, water, and aesculapian care.

(MEMO, PC)