Major General (res.) Yitzhak Brick, the Defense ombudsman who is set to retire continued to criticize the IDF's conduct and warns of its unwillingness to fight.
In an interview with Haaretz, Barak said, "There is a very serious failure in the organizational and command culture in the IDF. This is the serious disease that is creating the failures, and as long as we do not deal with it, we will continue to deteriorate. "
"When you look at it from an economic angle, the IDF is the largest company in the country. It has a budget of NIS 31 billion a year and employs hundreds of thousands of people, including reserve soldiers. The IDF also operates infrastructure and weapons worth billions. This whole economy must be managed, but there is one doing it. The management of the IDF falls between the cracks, "said Brick.