Israel’s army chief dismisses officers for ‘failure to prevent’ 7 October attack

Israeli chief of staff Eyal Zamir on Sunday dismissed senior officers in the military over "failure to prevent" the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas, local media reported. 

Zamir ended the service of several retired generals, including the former Military Intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, former Southern Command chief Yaron Finkelman, and former Operations Directorate chief Oded Basyuk, according to the public broadcaster KAN.

The report said that Zamir also dismissed Gaza Division reserve commander Avi Rosenfeld, while the division’s intelligence officer was expelled from the army altogether.