The head of the Israeli armed forces has pushed back against a probe into the surprise Hamas attack on 7 October, Chief of Staff Gen. Herzi Halevi asked the state comptroller on Wednesday to delay a planned investigation into the security failures leading up to 7 October, fearing the military will be used as a scapegoat by the embattled Israeli government. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced growing domestic anger over his handling of the Gaza war, including the failure to bring home the remaining hostages captured by Hamas on 7 October with around 1,2oo Israelis killed, accord…