The chief of an intelligence unit will resign over the failure to thwart the Oct. 7 assault, the Israeli military stated Thursday.
“The commander of the 8200 unit, (Brigadier General) Yossi Sariel, has informed his commanders and subordinates of his intention to end his position,” the military stated in an announcement.
“The officer will conclude his role in the near future.”
The prestigious and secretive Unit 8200 is accountable for decoding and analyzing intercepts and different sign intelligence.
In the wake of Oct. 7, Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate was thrown right into a disaster that led to its commander, Major General Aharon Haliva, saying his resignation in April 2024.
The military stated then that Haliva had requested to be relieved of his duties for the directorate’s failure to foil the Oct. 7 assault.
Israeli media on Thursday broadcast a replica of Sariel’s resignation letter by which he requested for “forgiveness” for “not fulfilling the mission we were entrusted with” on Oct. 7.
In June, public broadcaster Kan disclosed the existence of an intelligence transient ready by Unit 8200 in September 2023 that warned navy officers of Hamas’s preparations for the assault.
Kan stated the Unit 8200 doc included particulars of elite Hamas fighters coaching for hostage-taking and plans for raids on navy positions and Israeli communities in southern Israel.
Israel’s assaults on Gaza killed a minimum of 41,118 individuals in Gaza, largely ladies and youngsters. The U.N. rights workplace says a lot of the lifeless are ladies and youngsters.
Netanyahu has repeatedly refused to open an official inquiry into Oct. 7 till the battle in Gaza is over.
Source: www.dailysabah.com