Following a series of meetings today between Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Deputy Chief of General Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, and senior and mid-level IDF officers, Zamir has announced the mass dismissal and censure of more than a dozen senior commanders and officials over their failures leading up to the events of October 7, 2023. The actions include: • Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, former Chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate, who resigned in August 2024, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk, former Chief of the Operations Directorate, who ended his tenure in July, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, former Commander of the IDF Southern Command, who resigned in March, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Maj. Gen. Shlomo Binder, current Chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate, who served as Chief of the Operations Division on October 7, will be censured but will remain in his role until completing his four-year term in 2028, after which he will resign. • Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, current Commander of the Israeli Air Force, will be censured for the IAF’s failure to counter Hamas drones and paragliders on October 7. He will continue serving until his term ends in April 2026. • Vice Adm. David Sa’ar Salama, Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Navy, will be censured for the Navy’s failure to prevent the sea-borne Hamas attack on southern Israel. He will remain in his role until the start of 2026. • Brig. Gen. “Gimmel”, who headed the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Operational Operations Division on October 7, will be discharged from the IDF. • Brig. Gen. Yossi Sariel, former Commander of Unit 8200, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld, former Commander of the 143rd (Gaza) Division, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Col. Ariel Lubovski, former Intelligence Chief of the IDF Southern Command, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Col. Haim Cohen, Commander of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade during the attack, will be dismissed from reserve duty and discharged from the IDF. • Lt. Col. “Alef”, Intelligence Chief of the Gaza Division, will be discharged from the IDF. In addition, Zamir ruled that there is no obstacle to promoting Brig. Gen. Eliad Moati, Brig. Gen. Manor Yanai, and Col. Ephraim Avni, after Defense Minister Israel Katz paused their appointments over alleged involvement in the failures of October 7.