A public battle has reignited between different elements of the IDF Southern Command over who is to blame for the October 7, 2023, disaster. Channel 12 published on Wednesday morning a battle between IDF Southern Command Chief Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkleman and IDF Southern Command Operations Chief Col. Efraim Avni over a fault related to the disaster. This fight is part of a broader one in which Avni's promotion was frozen in November.