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Gallant takes responsibility for failure to stop onslaught on southern Israel

19 October 2023 18:06 (UTC +04:00)

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says he is taking responsibility for Hamas’s onslaught on southern Israel on October 7, APA reports citing The Times of Israel.

“I am responsible for the defense establishment. I was responsible for it in the last two weeks, even in the difficult incidents, and I am responsible for bringing it to victory in the battle,” Gallant says to the press at a military assembly ground near the Gaza border.

“We will be precise and deadly and we will continue until we complete the mission,” Gallant says.

Note that the head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen Aharon Haliva, Head of the National Security Council Tzachi Hanegbi and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi have also made similar statements.

Recall that on the morning of October 7, rocket attacks on Israel began from the Gaza Strip, and at the same time, militant groups entered the Jewish state, where the Israeli military engaged in combat with them. The army declared a "state of readiness for war" and soon announced that it was launching Operation Iron Swords in response.