Brigadier General Erez Zuckerman resigned this morning from the IDF – and accepted full responsibility for his units failure in last summers war with Lebanon. “Even during the final days of the war, I felt I had failed in my role as division commander and I decided to take personal responsibility for my failure,” he told the Haaretz News Agency on Thursday.

“However, I felt if I resigned immediately after the war, it would be evading my duty to restore order and train the division properly,” he said. “After almost a year of work, I am convinced my division is capable of handling any mission given it.”

“I am certain that the IDF will succeed in the face of all future challenges under the leadership of its senior commanders,” Zuckerman said.

“I blame no one but myself for the way I led the division during the war.”