The Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, Herzi Halevi, announced in a statement his resignation from his position, and that he informed the Minister of Defense, Yisrael Katz, today, Tuesday, that he requests to end his term by March 6.

Halevy justified his resignation by saying that it came "out of recognition of the failure of the Israeli army on October 7, at the point in time when the Israeli army had achieved great accomplishments and was in the process of implementing the agreement to free the kidnapped soldiers."

Halevy added, "In the remaining period, I will complete the investigations (into the army's failures) and I will strengthen the IDF's readiness to confront security challenges. I will transfer the leadership of the IDF in a qualitative and radical manner to my successor."

The letter (of resignation) was conveyed to the Minister of Security and the Prime Minister.