The top IDF Southern Command intelligence officer colonel, “A,” is resigning his post in that command, with the possibility that he may also be forced to resign from the IDF entirely, the IDF updated on Thursday.
The announcement comes less than a day after IDF Intelligence Analysis Chief Brig. Gen. Amit Saar announced that he would resign in June with the publication of the IDF probe into the failure of Israeli intelligence to prevent the Hamas massacre on October 7.
Bizarrely, the IDF said that the colonel was resigning due to personal reasons without reference to the failure of October 7.
Rather, the IDF said that he is resigning because of an improper romance that he had with a female intelligence officer below his rank.
Despite the IDF news about the improper romance, the official might have eventually been forced to resign because of his role in the October 7 failure, given that the results of the expected hard-hitting IDF probe is expected to come out in June.
Under IDF regulations, it is improper for senior officials to have relationships with junior officers, whether married or not.
