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according to the times of israel on september 3, idf army commander tamir yadai resigned "for personal reasons". idf chief of staff halevy and defense minister galant approved yadai's request, and the latter will step down in the coming weeks.

tamir yadai, commander of the israel defense forces

according to israeli media, yadai was originally considered a strong candidate for the position of deputy chief of staff of the israeli army. the jerusalem post introduced that yadai is highly respected in the israeli army. he has served since 1988 and has been promoted from an ordinary soldier to the commander of the golan brigade, the ace brigade of the israeli army. he has served successively as the commander of the rear headquarters, the commander of the central command, and finally the commander of the army.

israel's walla news network quoted sources on the 3rd as saying that yadai's resignation was due to his belief that he had no hope of promotion. yadai has served as the army commander for the past three years, but there are assessments that the current deputy chief of staff amir baram is not expected to end his term soon, and "halevi does not intend to recommend him as the next deputy chief of staff."

israeli media estimate that as the chief of general staff will appoint a new army head, the chances of ori gordin, current commander of the israeli northern command, taking over as deputy chief of general staff have increased.

however, the jerusalem post pointed out that golding has recently been criticized for his approach to the conflict with hezbollah in lebanon. according to the israeli jewish news group (jns) on august 28, a security briefing by golding was boycotted by the vast majority of local council leaders in northern israel, with only six of the 89 people in attendance.

jns reported that many local council leaders feel their districts are neglected by the military, and they complain that the idf responds when rockets are aimed at central israel but does little to prevent hezbollah's daily air strikes on the golan heights, metulla and other northern border areas.

moshe davidovich, chairman of israel's matt asher district council, criticized the security briefings as "essentially meant to praise and glorify the idf's activities in lebanon, and i, as a citizen and municipal leader, when i saw what was happening, i decided that i did not want to participate in this kind of celebration."

according to lebanese media al mayadeen, yadai's resignation came after a wave of "resignations" within israel's security and military institutions.

the report quoted the walla news network as saying this week that yossi sariel, commander of israel's 8200th force, also plans to announce his resignation in the coming weeks. about a week ago, hezbollah attacked the headquarters of the 8200th force at the greillot base near tel aviv in retaliation for the israeli army's attack on the southern suburbs of beirut.

unit 8200 is the most elite cyber intelligence unit of the israeli military. it is believed that it has established a large number of monitoring equipment to closely monitor the palestinian territories, but it failed to give early warning and prevent the palestinian islamic resistance movement (hamas)'s "al-aqsa flood" operation in october last year, and has been criticized for this. in addition, as the commander of unit 8200, salih's role is sensitive and his personal information should have been strictly confidential. however, in april this year, the british "guardian" dug out his real name and information through google accounts.

prior to this, aharon haliva, director of the idf military intelligence agency, and avi rosenfeld, commander of the idf gaza division, announced their resignations in april and june respectively, citing their “failure” to protect israel’s border areas during the hamas cross-border military operation on october 7 last year. on the same day haliva announced his resignation, yehuda fox, commander of the idf central command, also requested to step down and retire in august.

according to israeli media, there is "no connection" between fox's choice to resign and haliwa's resignation. fox has never been accused of being involved in the "failure of the israeli army on october 7 last year," and he did not make the decision to resign recently. however, according to the israeli national news network at the time, fox had previously stated that he should bear part of the responsibility for the military intelligence failure on october 7 last year and "must end his term like everyone else."