Questions for IDF over fall of Israel border post Nahal Oz by Hamas on 7 October

The BBC has seen an army account of how Hamas overran a base, and spoken to survivors and bereaved families.

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The BBC has heard accounts given to families of what happened at one military base that guarded the border with Gaza.

The Nahal Oz base was overrun by Hamas gunmen on the morning of 7 October and more than 60 Israeli soldiers are reported to have been killed - with others taken hostage.

Israel’s military is yet to publish its official inquiry into what happened there that day, but it has already briefed relatives of those killed there, and some have shared those details with the BBC.

This is the closest we have to an official account by Israel’s military of what happened on the day.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7825rk8j9o

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