Speaking at a memorial event, Aviv Kohavi said he shouldn’t be exempt from scrutiny when Israel investigates military failures leading up to Hamas’s October 7 attack.
“I constantly ask myself what we could have done differently,” said Kohavi, according to The Times of Israel.
Kohavi, who led Israel’s military from January 2019 to January 2023, said a comprehensive investigation is needed to determine how Israel’s security wall was “completely breached” by Hamas. This would “of course” cover the period in which he led the military, he said.
Moving forward, Israel must also “re-examine the perception of war and security along with peace and agreements”, he said
Source: AlJazeera