IDF admits it 'completely failed' with 'minimum' border security on October 7 attack

The research summary says that if the agency had acted differently in the years before the Hamas attack as well as on the night of the attack “the massacre could have been avoided”

Israel's top security agency admits failures in October 7 Hamas attack

By Emily Rose

'Systematic failures' allowed Hamas to capture key Israeli base on 7 Oct

Just one guard was on duty at the Nahal Oz base despite the detection of two separate breaches of the Gaza border fence near the base the night before

6 Critical Failures and 5 Recommendations for Systemic Change

Analysis of the Nahal Oz Outpost Attack October 7, 2024 Executive Summary The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has completed its operational investigation into the battle at the Nahal Oz outpost on October 7, 2024. The investigation revealed one of the most severe operational failures in IDF history, resulting in 53 soldiers killed and 10 kidnapped, […]

Terrorists took Kfar Aza in an hour. Recapturing it took the IDF days, probe finds

Accountability is only for Israelis, not Palestinians

Who knows if there will ever come a day when a single accepted version of what happened on Oct. 7, 2023, gets a consensus? The main elements are known: the killing of about 1,200 people and the taking of more than 250 hostages. But much is still subject to furious debate both inside Israel and beyond. Many Israelis want a full national inquiry. An Israeli military