The Lebanon operation is rightly viewed as a disaster, as it exposed the IDF'S weaknesses and failed in its main objective of breaking Hezballah. Several generals were forced out.
The linkage to the mythical Iran attack is entirely after-the-fact and convenient.
Here's Reuters:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16698494.htmIsrael military chief quits amid Lebanon war probe
16 Jan 2007 22:52:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
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By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The chief of Israel's armed forces has tendered his resignation after internal probes pointing to his responsibility for the setbacks of last year's Lebanon war, a military spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
She said Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz, 58, told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Amir Peretz that he was quitting "as the investigations have run their course".
"With the echoes of battle having faded, I have decided to act on my responsibility," the spokeswoman quoted Halutz as saying in his resignation letter.The July-August assault on Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas drove them from Israel's northern border but failed to retrieve two captive soldiers, prompting many Israelis to call for a purge of the top brass in hope of restoring a military edge.
A retired Israeli general, Dan Shomron, recently handed in the findings of a probe he conducted into the war's execution. A government-appointed committee of inquiry is separately looking into the conduct of Olmert and Peretz. Shomron's report, released in part last month, criticised Israeli military commanders for poor organisation during the war but stopped short of calling for Halutz's resignation. At the time, Halutz said he was staying on, though two generals who had served on the northern front stepped down.