The IDF chief of staff acknowledges responsibility for the failure to protect civilians on October 7.

Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi participates in a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 6. (Image Source: Amir Cohen/Pool/AFP/Getty Images/File)

 During a speech delivered at Israel's Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi expressed his acknowledgment of "the responsibility for the failure of the IDF to defend our civilians on October 7."

"I shoulder its weight daily, and its significance resonates deeply within my heart," Halevi added.

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