Shafaq News/On Thursday, the Israeli military released the results of its internalinvestigation into the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, acknowledging“significant failures.”
The reportconcluded that the Israeli military was unprepared for an attack of such scaleand surprise, which resulted in the swift breakdown of defensive lines in thefirst hours of the attack, causing heavy losses in both deaths and kidnappings.
IntelligenceFailures
Long-standingIsraeli security assumptions were challenged by the investigation, which statedthat for years, Israel viewed Hamas as a “secondary threat,” betting on astrategy of deterrence and economic incentives rather than directconfrontation.
Criticalintelligence failures were also highlighted, revealing that security agenciesignored multiple warning signs indicating Hamas was preparing for a large-scaleoffensive. This failure delayed raising the military’s alert level, leaving keyborder areas vulnerable.
DelayedResponse
According tothe findings, Israeli forces were understaffed along the Gaza border, andmilitary response mechanisms proved inadequate. The army’s frontline brigadescollapsed quickly, unable to mount an immediate defense against the assault.
The reportalso detailed how Hamas fighters breached Israeli defenses, killing andabducting many soldiers and civilians before the military gradually regainedcontrol by the afternoon.
It furthernoted that reserve forces and military units were not deployed quickly enoughto combat the threat, and Israeli airstrikes faced difficulties in executingprecision strikes due to militants being intermingled with Israeli civilians.
Calls forMilitary Overhaul
Fundamentalchanges in Israel’s security and military strategies were recommended followingthe investigation, emphasizing that "managing the conflict is no longer aneffective strategy." The reporturged a reassessment of Israel’s policy toward Gaza, alongside increasing trooppresence on the border to prevent future attacks, calling for improving intelligence gatheringand ensuring more accurate threat analysis to prevent another failure inassessing Hamas' intentions. It recommended strengthening Israel’s militarydefense systems, developing a force capable of responding to large-scalesurprise attacks across multiple fronts, and implementing intensive trainingprograms for ground troops to improve emergency response.
Whilespecific military officials were not blamed, the report stated that internalreviews and evaluations would continue, with the possibility of furtherdisclosures in the future.
PoliticalReactions
IsraeliDefense Minister Yisrael Katz directed the military to immediately transfer allfindings from the October 7 investigations to Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu, instructing the army to be prepared to present any additionalinquiries in detail.
Meanwhile,Benny Gantz, leader of the National Unity Party, called for the establishmentof a formal commission of inquiry, stating, "What has been publishedreveals only the tip of the iceberg of the greatest tragedy in thestate's history."
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