Army chief says Israel must draw lessons from Oct 7 ‘failures’

JERUSALEM: Israel’s army chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the military must draw lessons from the “failures” of the response to the October 7, 2023 attack, according to an army statement. “On October 7th, the IDF (Israeli military) failed severely, but the IDF got back on its feet,” Zamir said ahead of the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. “Today, we conclude the investigations into the failures of October 7th, with an understanding of the magnitude of the disaster,