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Senior members of Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit resign: Report

Senior members of the Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit have resigned, including high-ranking spokesperson Daniel Hagari, according to Israel’s Channel 14. Also among the resignations are Richard Hecht, the international spokesperson for the Israeli military.

It has not been announced how many officials have left the unit, formerly led by Hagari, but Channel 14 described the large number of resignations at once during wartime as “unusual”.

Hagari is the one doing the daily reports on Israeli news and defending IDF's actions

Mass resignations among senior IOF Spox Unit officials: Israeli media

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/mass-resignations-among-senior-iof-spox-unit-officials--isra

The Israeli Channel 14 reported that senior officials in the Israeli occupation military Spokesperson's Unit have submitted their resignations, including the second man in the team of military spokesperson Daniel Hagari. Channel 14 noted that many officials in Hagari's team have resigned and suggested that the resignations reflect a state of disturbance within the Unit, stemming from the Israeli officers' protests regarding operational and personal matters.

According to the Israeli channel, among the resignees are the second man in Hagari's team Colonel Butbul, Colonel Moran Katz, and the International Spokesperson for the Israeli occupation military Lieutenant Richard Hecht.



RETRACTION

04/03/2024: The text in this update originally cited an Israeli report as saying that senior members of the Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit, including high-ranking spokesperson Daniel Hagari, had resigned. That was incorrect and the Israeli army has since denied it as “false”. We have therefore retracted it.


Looks like they didn't resign




Could the fallout between Natanyahu and Gantz have anything to do with it

Netanyahu had ‘tough talk’ with Gantz over US trip: Report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuked Benny Gantz over the rival politician’s trip to Washington, DC on Monday, according to The Associated Press news agency. The visit by Gantz, who joined Netanyahu’s wartime Cabinet following Hamas’s October 7 attack, comes as frictions between the US and Netanyahu rise over Israel’s war on Gaza.

An official from Netanyahu’s far-right Likud party told the AP that Gantz’s trip was planned without authorisation from the Israeli leader. The official, who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity, said Netanyahu had a “tough talk” with Gantz and told him the country has “just one prime minister”.





Last edited by SvennoJ - on 04 March 2024