Major General Aviezer Yaari, who warned of 1973 Yom Kippur War, dies at 96

Major General Aviezer Yaari, a former head of the IDF Operations Directorate and Central Command, has passed away at 96. Yaari is historically noted for his October 1, 1973, warning of an imminent Egyptian-Syrian attack, which was dismissed by military leadership in favor of the prevailing intelligence assessment that war was unlikely.