Colonel G., the outgoing head of the IDF's Security Division (Mahabam), said in exclusive recordings published Tuesday morning that the unit needed to demonstrate professional integrity. He also called the Oct. 7 intelligence-security failure 'a colossal failure of the information security apparatus,' stating that the IDF had effectively shed all its classified and unclassified assets. The comments were reported by Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio).
In exclusive recordings published Tuesday morning by journalists Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh (N13 / Army Radio), Colonel G., the outgoing head of the IDF's Security Division (Mahabam — the unit responsible for information security and classification), made a series of sharp remarks about the security establishment's conduct before and after October 7.
"There was a need to prove a professional backbone, not to bow before chiefs of staff and defense ministers," Colonel G. said, according to the report. He described the Oct. 7 failure as "a colossal failure of the information security apparatus," adding that "the IDF shed all its classified and unclassified assets."
The recordings come amid a series of disclosures about the military's internal handling of intelligence and responsibility for the Hamas attack. While The Zioneer has previously reported on the collapse of a secret mechanism that paralyzed the IDF on Oct. 7, as well as pressure from senior military figures to omit accountability findings from the State Comptroller's report, Colonel G.'s remarks provide a direct insider critique from within the security apparatus itself. The authenticity and full context of the recordings have not been independently verified beyond the journalists' report.
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