Posted by
Reeson on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:00:15 PM
The entire Israeli leadership has been under fire since the stalemate with Hezbollah last summer. Watch Olmert. His government is likely to fall, and soon. Excerpts from the
BBC:
The head of Israel's armed forces, Lt Gen Dan Halutz, has resigned amid inquiries into last summer's conflict with Hezbollah, the military has said.
Several internal inquiries are being conducted into the government and the army's handling of the 34-day conflict.
The military was widely criticised for failing to achieve its war aims.
Gen Halutz is one of a number of top political and military leaders who have been under growing pressure to step down in the wake of the war.
Gen Halutz was personally criticised for relying on aerial barrages in the early days of the war, which caused extensive damage to Lebanon's infrastructure.
The former air force head became chief of the armed forces in June 2005.