Senior official from Israel’s National Security Council resigns
The Israel Broadcasting Corporation announced Sunday that Yoram Hamo, the person in charge of security policy and strategic planning at Israel’s National Security Council, has resigned from his post.
The National Security Council is responsible for foreign affairs and national security and, from the beginning of the war, deals with the issue of the “day after the war” and participates in the formulation of government policy on the issue.
The commission quoted the council as saying that Hamo informed the council president months ago of his desire to resign for personal reasons unrelated to public affairs.
Israel Radio had reported that the reason for the resignation was due to “Netanyahu’s failure to make decisions on the day after the war and the resumption of operations in northern Gaza,” but the council denied that.
The Council stressed that Hamo will continue to assist the security system as he has done for years with great success, and has been highly appreciated for his contribution to the security of the country.
A plan recently discussed at the National Security Headquarters, to be presented to the Council of Ministers, provides for civilian control in the Gaza Strip for a period of 6 months to a year by the Israeli Civil Administration and the Coordinator of Government Operations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The plan stipulates that control of the Strip will eventually be transferred to “local parties that aren’t hostile to Israel,” as it put it.
Last month, the head of the Military Intelligence Division, Major General Aharon Haliva, submitted his resignation, and IDF Central Command Commander Yehuda Fox announced his intention to resign from the army in August, according to media sources.
