Iran's missiles and drones have become a catalyst for the resignation of senior Israeli officials?
According to an Associated Press report on April 22, the Israeli military said on the same day that the head of the IDF military intelligence, Aharon Haliwa, had resigned. The Israeli military has accepted Haliwa's request for resignation and is grateful for his service.
According to the information released by the Israeli side, the reason for Haliwar's resignation was the attack launched by Hamas on 7 October last year, and as the head of the military department responsible for providing intelligence early warning and daily alerts to the Israeli government and military, he himself was responsible for failing to prevent the attack from happening. Therefore, he resigned.
As soon as the news came out, I was puzzled. Later, with the blessing of the United States, the Israeli army did not resign when it was in a stalemate with Hamas; why, when Israel and Iran had just begun to fight each other on a "turn-based" basis, and it was at the time of employing people, why did Khaliwa suddenly say that he was responsible for last year's attack and would rather take the blame than resign?
In fact, when the Israeli army first began to launch a military operation in the Gaza Strip, Haliwar also asked for "resignation", but was stopped by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at that time. At that time, there was also an episode when Netanyahu, in order to shirk his responsibility, publicly criticized Israel's security chief for not fulfilling his duty to remind him, pointed the finger at Haliwa, and finally deleted this criticism in the face of public opinion.
It can be said that the attack on October 7 last year was basically a turning point when Netanyahu stopped him from resigning. As long as the Israeli army wins a result that satisfies Netanyahu on the ensuing battlefield, Netanyahu will not pursue anything. So, why did Haliwa renew his resignation?
Judging from the current situation, most of the problem with his resignation is that Iran's retaliatory actions by directly launching a large number of missiles and drones on the Israeli mainland after the embassy was bombed, directly tore through the "golden body of defense" that Israel has always been proud of. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, and now that Iran has torn a hole, then in the future, other Middle Eastern countries that have been "unhappy" with Israel for a long time will be afraid of Israel by one more point. Other armed forces in the Middle East have also used Iran's missiles as flare guns and launched a series of harassing attacks on Israel.
In the future, Israel's defense will be more difficult, and Haliwa may not be able to carry the next "pot". In addition, Israel's recent behavior and the recent US veto of Palestine's "accession to the United Nations" have made many countries more and more disgusted with Israel. In the event of a later liquidation of Israel, it is inevitable that high-ranking officials like Haliwa will be targeted.
It is worth noting that Israeli intelligence is mainly run by three "extended family members" of the "Oman" military intelligence agency, the "Simbet" Israeli Security Service and the "Mossad". Although the Mossad is extremely well-known in the world, in fact, many of the "achievements" of the Mossad come from "Oman" and "Simbet". It can be said that "Oman" enjoys a large part of the importance of Israeli intelligence. And Haliwa, who is about to resign, was the head of "Oman". If Khaliwa retreats, it will certainly be a big blow to Israel's intelligence capabilities.
It is worth mentioning that the aftermath of Haliwa's resignation soon followed. Shortly after Haliwa's resignation, the Israeli military reported that the commander of the IDF's Central Command, Fox, had also submitted his resignation. The reason for his resignation is similar to that of Haliwa, who believes that he should take the blame for the failure of military intelligence on October 7 last year, and that he "must end his term like everyone else."
It seems that the aid bill for Israel just passed by the US House of Representatives is not enough to arouse the trust of senior Israeli officials in the war situation.
Interestingly, after the resignations of Khaliwa and Fox in succession, the leader of Israel's main opposition party, former Prime Minister Yair Lapid, also posted on social platforms, calling on Netanyahu to follow Khaliva's lead and resign for failing to respond to the Hamas attack on October 7 last year.
The call is beautiful, but it is estimated that Netanyahu will not resign. Whatever happens next, the "turn-based" relationship between Iran and Israel will turn out to be the resignation of Netanyahu. People who were ousted from power in June 2021 and said "I will come back", only to have "come back" in December 2022, are not to be underestimated by a madman like Netanyahu.