Investigation of the attack on October 7, at the end: Total Army Failure
An internal investigation of the Israeli army on the October 7 attack recognizes a 'total failure' of the army in preventing the attack of the Palestinian Islamist group from the Gaza Strip, which made over 1,000 deaths in Israel, a military manager said on Thursday.
« October 7 (2023) was a total failure, the Israeli army did not fulfill its mission to protect the Israeli civilians, » said this responsible, subject to anonymity, on the occasion of publishing the main conclusions of this investigation. « Too many civilians died that day, wondering in their hearts or aloud where the Israeli army was, » he added.
The Israeli army could not « imagine a scenario » like the one on October 7, he said. « We would not have imagined such a scenario, » he said, adding that the Palestinian fighters led by Hamas took Israel by surprise, not only because of the magnitude and scope of the attack, but also because of his 'brutality'.
This internal investigation of the Israeli army published on Thursday revealed that the unprecedented attack of October 7, 2023 Al Hamas has been carried out in three successive waves and that over 5,000 people entered Israel from the Gaza strip that day.
« The first wave (…) included over 1,000 terrorists in Nukhba (Hamas elite unit) who have infiltrated under a strong fire, » said in a summary of the investigation provided by the army. The second wave included 2,000 fighters, and the third wave was characterized by the arrival of hundreds, as well as several thousands of civilians. « In total, about 5,000 terrorists infiltrated the Israeli territory during the attack, » in this internal investigation of the Israeli defense forces (IDF).
In this context, the cited military man said that the army sinned through excessive 'self-confidence and had the wrong conceptions of the military capabilities of Hamas before October 7, 2023.
The main conclusion: the commanders did not carry out enough forces, despite the warnings, reveals the investigation, quoted by the Israeli media.
The other conclusions from this investigation made public at 16 months after the attacks are: fundamental evaluation error, erroneous interpretation of signs, underestimation of the imminence of threat, the absence of coordinated analysis, fragmentation of information, excessive self -limitation.
According to the official Israeli data, the unprecedented attack of Hamas resulted in the death of 1,210 people by the Israeli side, most of them civilians, and about 250 people were taken hostage and taken to the Gaza strip.
