IDF Military Intelligence Chief Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva stated Tuesday that the failure to thwart Hamas's attack on Israel had its beginnings in an intelligence failure.
"Military Intelligence under my command failed to warn of the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas," wrote Haliva in a letter. "We failed in our most important mission, and as the head of Military Intelligence I bear full responsibility for the failure. What needs to be investigated, we will investigate in the deepest and most poignant way and draw conclusions. But now, before our eyes there is only one task - to fight back and win!"