Israeli army on Hamas attack: We completely failed and wrong – BBC News in Serbian
The Israeli army announced the first official missing report that led to its failures during Sudden Hamas' attack 7. October 2023after which a brutal war in Gaza was launched.
The report concludes that the Israeli army « failed in the Mission of Israeli Civilians ».
The 19-page report has a lot already known what has led to a catastrophic loss of about 1,200 lives when about 5,000 armed members of Hamas and other Palestinian extremist groups inflamed Israel.
On that occasion, 251 people were abducted, including children and teenagers.
There are no dramatic discoveries in the report, but it is still sobering to see the conclusions of the Israeli army as wrongly estimated Hamas's intentions and underestimated his abilities.
The report states that the Gaza army was considered a secondary security threat, with a priority given to Iran and Hezbollah, a Lebanese military-political organization, which has been supporting Tehran.
Its policy towards Gaza, writes in the report, was « paradoxical: Hamas was illegitimate, but there was no effort to develop an alternative. »
The army chose access to « conflict management » in dealing with extremists from the gaza belt, said.
The Israeli army assumed that Hamas was not « neither interested (for) nor prepared for the war of large proportions », which was perception enhanced by Hamas's own deception tactic.
Evidence since 2018. Onwards that Hamas, which are Israel, the United Kingdom and other countries, really developed an ambitious plan, are interpreted as « unrealistic or unfeasible », which reflects « long-term hamas aspirations, not a real threat that can achieve ».
The report states that in the months preceding the war, the military intelligence administration began developing a new assessment, suggesting that Hamas's plan was not only vision but a « concrete framework for operational planning ».
However, this new assessment was not drawn by the attention of senior officials in the Military Intelligence.
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The report underlines widespread self-satisfaction within the army in connection with Hamas's intentions and the way it is carried with the threat posed by.
« There was no depth discussion on the issue: What if we are wrong? », Writes in the report.
Over time, a « significant and continuous gap between Hamas and Reality intelligence » was developed.
The report indicates that « reduced deep knowledge of different views on the world of the enemy, among other things, its culture, religion, language and history ».
It refers to a deep reform of the culture of the intelligence directorate, « Nurturing intellectual openness, skepticism, listening, learning, debate and constructive disagreement. »
The report states that the desire to protect very valuable sources of intelligence has contributed to the military did not raise the alert level before 7. October.
The division from Gaza is, as it is stated, « Efficiently defeated after a few hours » 7. October, which significantly violated the capacity of the Israeli army to understand what was happening and react effectively.
It is added that the air forces reacted quickly, but that « there were significant difficulties in distinguishing Israeli soldiers, civilians and terrorists. »
The report states that the wounded soldiers were evacuated before civilians in some incidents.
After presenting the commanders on Monday, the head of the staff of the Israeli army, General Colonel Herci Halevi, said he took full responsibility for failures.
« I accept responsibility. It's mine. I was the commander of the army 7. October and I have complete responsibility.
« In every command that went wrong I see my own responsibility, » he said in the video.
Last month, the General announced resignation due to failure and called on an investigative commission to conduct a broader investigation to help prevent a new attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who did not recognize any responsibility for what happened 7. October, he said such a state investigation should wait until the end of the war.
Critics accuse Netanyahua that he is not willing to recognize any personal guilt.
Israel responded to the attack 7. October by starting the air and landmat in Gaza, during which at least 48,365 people were killed, the territory Ministry of Health was managed by Hamas.
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