NEW YORK (The Thursday Times) — Israel ki fauj ke sabiq sarbarah Herzi Halevi ne kaha hai ke 7 October ka Hamas ka hamla aisi nakami tha jise "roka ja sakta tha". Unhon ne andruni sazish ke dawon ko mustarad kiya, aur yeh bhi tasleem kiya ke Israeli bamon se Gaza mein yarghamali halak hue.
2025 mein istifa dene ke baad pehli baar is hamle par aalaniya baat karte hue Halevi ne Itwar ko New York mein Museum of Jewish Heritage mein aik conference se khitab karte hue kaha: "Bilkul koi gaddari nahin thi. Siyasi tabqe aur mulk ki qiyadat ko yeh baat wazeh aur do-took alfaz mein kehni chahiye."
"Main in logon ko jaanta hoon, aur mujhe yaqeen nahin aata ke mere saathiyon mein se koi bhi, kai dahaiyon ki us khidmat ke baad jis ke dauran unhon ne apni jaanein khatre mein daalin, achanak Hamas ki madad karne ka faisla kar sakta hai," unhon ne kaha. Unhon ne mazeed kaha ke Hamas ki madad ke liye aik wasee network darkar hota, "lekin teen saal baad bhi aisa aik shakhs bhi nahin mila".
"Hum waqt par wahan maujood nahin thay"
Halevi ne riyasti tehqeeqati commission ka mutalba kiya. "Hamein nakami ki aankh mein aankh daal kar dekhna hoga taake hum cheezon ko theek kar sakein," unhon ne Bibas khandan ka zikr karte hue kaha, jin ke afrad ko aghwa kar ke qatl kar diya gaya. "Main Shiri Bibas ki tasweer dekhta hoon aur un ki aankhon mein khauf dekhta hoon. Hum un ki madad aur un ki jaan bachane ke liye waqt par wahan maujood nahin thay. Yehi nakami hai."
Unhon ne kaha ke hamle se pehle fauj ki tarjihat "pehle Iran, phir Hezbollah, aur sab se aakhir mein Hamas" thin, kyunke fauj, Shin Bet aur siyasi qiyadat mein ghalib raaye yeh thi ke Hamas jang nahin chahta. "Hamas ne hamein is andaze par le aane ke liye khasi koshish ki," unhon ne kaha.
Gaza ki jang ke bare mein, Halevi ne kaha ke siyasi rehnumaon ko zameeni karwai ki manzoori dene par amada karne mein bohat waqt laga, aur yeh ke fauji dabao ke baghair yarghamalon ko ghar wapas nahin laya ja sakta tha. Unhon ne ghaltiyon ka aitraf bhi kiya. "Afsos ki baat hai ke hum se ghaltiyan hui. Hamare apne bombs ne yarghamalon ko halak kar diya. Zahir hai, yeh jaan boojh kar nahin tha; hamein nahin maloom tha ke woh wahan hain," unhon ne kaha.
