Bereaved Father Tells IDF Chief of Staff: "The IDF Did Not Fail, Those Who Managed It From Above Failed"
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- Bereaved father argues IDF leadership, not soldiers, failed on Oct 7th.
- He stated the IDF is its soldiers, not its commanders.
- He called for responsibility to be placed on decision-makers.
- He praised the bravery of soldiers who fought on Oct 7th.
Yehoshua Shani, the father of Captain Uri Shani, who fell in battle on October 7th, has sharply criticized the IDF Chief of Staff's order of the day, which stated that "the IDF failed in defending the country's borders." In a post, Shani wrote, "I read your order of the day... I want to tell you: the IDF did not fail. Those who managed it from above failed. The IDF is my son... who fought for nine hours in Kissufim until he fell in battle. The IDF is the thousands of fighters and commanders who woke up that morning, charged the enemy, stopped them, and saved the State of Israel from an even greater disaster."
Shani emphasized that the soldiers were not the failure, but rather those sent to rectify the consequences with their bodies and blood. He stated, "Turning a failure of the top brass into a failure of the entire 'IDF' is not just an analytical error, it is erasing the distinction between those who made the decisions and bore responsibility and those who fought to correct their consequences."
He concluded by urging the Chief of Staff, "Do not cast the stain of failure on an entire army. Responsibility must be placed where it lies. And the fighters of October 7th, the living and the fallen, deserve a salute, not a stain of failure."
