Israel’s army chief calls for ‘systemic’ probe into October 7 ‘failures’

Israel’s military chief has called for a “systemic investigation” into the failures that led to the October 7, 2023, surprise blitz, as the government continues to resist establishing a state commission of inquiry. Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir made the appeal after an expert committee he had appointed released a report marking the conclusion of the army’s internal investigations into the surprise blitz. “The expert committee’s report presented today is a significant step toward achieving the comprehensive understanding that we, as a society and as an organisation, require,” Zamir said in the report.