Brigadier General Erez Zuckerman announced Thursday that he is resigning from the Israel Defense Forces due to his failure as a commander during the Second Lebanon War. "Even during the final days of the war, I felt I had failed in my role as division commander and I decided to take personal responsibility for my failure," he told Haaretz on Thursday. "However, I felt if I resigned immediately after the war, it would be evading my duty to restore order and train the division properly," he said. "After almost a year of work, I am convinced my division is capable of handling any mission given it.""I am certain that the IDF will succeed in the face of all future challenges under the leadership of its senior commanders," Zuckerman said. "I blame no one but myself for the way I led the division during the war."