In a uncommon public reckoning, an inner Israeli army probe has acknowledged its “full failure” in stopping the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault, which resulted within the deaths of a whole bunch of Israelis. The report, launched Thursday, marks a sobering admission of lapses that allowed over 5,000 militants to breach Israeli defenses.
“The IDF failed in fulfilling its mission to guard Israeli civilians,” an Israeli army official stated whereas briefing reporters below anonymity. The report outlines how Hamas fighters overran the Gaza Division in a multi-wave assault, taking management of roads and communities in southern Israel.
The army probe, comprising 77 separate investigations, revealed that Israel’s forces had been caught unprepared, underestimating each Hamas’s army capabilities and the size of the assault. “We didn’t even think about such a state of affairs,” the official acknowledged.
In line with the findings, the primary wave noticed over 1,000 Hamas elite Nukhba fighters infiltrate below heavy fireplace. The second and third waves concerned hundreds extra militants and civilians breaching the border, overwhelming Israeli defenses.
The IDF’s admission is a part of an effort to current its findings to affected communities, as Israel continues its army marketing campaign in Gaza in response to the assault.
