The Israeli army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, and a large number of senior officials in the information system in the Israeli army announced the submission of mass resignations from the army in protest against the conduct of operational and personal matters.
According to Israeli Channel 14: “A large number of officers announced their resignation from the unit responsible for the information system in the Israeli army.”
Among those who also announced their resignation was Colonel Richard Hecht, the IDF’s spokesman for foreign media affairs.
The channel indicated that “Colonel Shlomit Miller Botbol, who is considered the second-in-command in the Israeli army spokesman’s department after Hagari, has also submitted his resignation, in addition to a large number of responsible officers in the army’s information department.”
The Israeli channel added, “Moran Katz, head of the communications department in the Israeli army spokesman’s unit, will leave her job.”
The channel indicated that the mass resignations resulted from the officers’ protest against the conduct of operational and personal matters, and explained that the resignations “reflect the state of turmoil” in the information unit run by Hagari.
