JERUSALEM, April 30, 2007 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz and former army chief Dan Halutz are to blame for the "serious failure" of the Lebanon war, said a government inquiry released on Monday.
"The responsibility is on the prime minister, the defence minister and chief of staff," retired judge Eliahu Winograd said in presenting the interim findings into the handling of last summer's 34-day war.
Decisions and actions by the three "add up to a serious failure in exercising judgment, responsibility and prudence," he said.