GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The internal Israeli army probe into the October 7 event acknowledged the military’s “complete failure” to prevent the assault.
“October 7 was a complete failure; the military failed in fulfilling its mission to protect Israeli civilians,” the official said, briefing reporters about the report’s contents on condition of anonymity.
“Too many civilians died that day, asking themselves in their hearts or out loud, where was the Israeli military?”
“The military failed to protect Israeli citizens. The Gaza Division was overrun in the early hours of the war, as terrorists took control and carried out massacres in the communities and roads in the area,” the military said in the summary of the report released to journalists.
Israel’s army chief has said he takes full responsibility for failing to prevent the October 7 attack.
“The responsibility is mine. I was the commander of the army on October 7th, and I also bear the full responsibility for all of you,” Herzi Halevi, who had already resigned last month citing the October 7 “failure”, said in a video statement released by the military.
Commenting on the report, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said that “the Israeli failure revealed by the Israeli investigations confirms the superiority of the Palestinian will over the Israeli entire military machine.”
Qassem added that the report also confirms “the ability of the security mind of the Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas Movement) to defeat all the Israeli security services.”
He stressed that “the arrogance of the colonizer will continue to prevent him from seeing the truth of the great Palestinian people who seek to obtain their freedom and independence.”
