Israeli military abandoned kibbutz for hours during Hamas' attack Oct. 7, IDF inquiry finds

The Israeli military released an assessment on its failures to protect the residents of Kibbutz Be'eri, one of the communities hardest hit in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks.

The Israeli military released an assessment of its failures to protect the residents of Be'eri, one of the communities hit the hardest in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, where more than 100 people were killed and dozens taken hostage in an assault that left much of the kibbutz destroyed.

The report, based on an internal inquiry and released Thursday, said the Israeli military "failed in its mission" to protect the kibbutz, a few miles from the border with the Gaza Strip, because of grave errors in Israel’s response to the multipronged assault.

The Israeli military, the inquiry found, was not prepared for the “extensive infiltration scenario” led by the militant group that day and had only trained for the possibility of isolated infiltrations.

This is despite reports that the Israeli military had reviewed a detailed blueprint of Hamas' plans months before the attack. Military analysts' early warnings about the threat had been dismissed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stood defiant throughout the war amid calls for accountability and a growing body of evidence that his government missed or ignored critical warnings about Hamas' plans.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-military-kibbutz-internal-inquiry-rcna161497

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