Brigadier-General Avi Rosenfeld is the first Israeli military combat commander to resign since October 7, Al Jazeera reports quoting The Times of Israel.

In his letter of resignation, he wrote that he failed in his mission to protect Israeli civilians in the towns and villages along Gaza. “I intend to continue to take part in the investigations and the learning of lessons, to do everything so that what happened on October 7 does not happen in the future,” Rosenfeld is quoted as saying.

The newspaper said Rosenfeld is only the second senior officer in the army to resign over the Hamas attack, after the chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate announced he was quitting in April.