Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures, including slow response
Voice of America
FILE - On Oct. 14, 2023, Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Be'eri, Israel, in their Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. The Israeli military on July 11, 2024, acknowledged errors in its response to the Hamas incursion. FILE - A battle-scarred home in Be'eri, an Israeli communal farm on the Gaza border, is seen on Jan. 11, 2024. Hamas held more than a dozen hostages in the home when it overran southern Israel on Oct. 7. FILE - Bullet holes cover the bedroom wall of hostage Ariel Bibas, 4, in Nir Oz, Israel, on June 21, 2024. Ariel was kidnapped on Oct. 7 with his infant brother, Kfir, his mother, Shiri, and his father, Yarden. Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7 set out on a protest march from Tel Aviv toward Jerusalem in an attempt to pressure their government to negotiate a deal to release their loved ones, on July 10, 2024.
The Israeli military on Thursday acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly Hamas attacks on October 7, including slow response times and disorganization, as it released the results of its first investigation into failures during the assault that triggered the war in Gaza.
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