Israeli Military Admits Failure to Protect Kibbutz in October 7 Attack in New Probe
The Israeli occupation army published the investigation into October 7 attack on Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on, in which it determined that the Israeli military failed in its mission to protect the kibbutz and its settlers.
The findings were presented to the settlers of the kibbutz and the families of the captives before they were made public on Friday.
The investigation found that the 2023 Hamas's assault on Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak raged on for many hours, with the Kibbutz security forces left to face dozens of Hamas fighters alone.
Around 90 Hamas fighters broke into the community in two waves, captured five Israeli settlers and three soldiers' bodies, and set the kibbutz factory on fire.
Only at 13:30 — more than seven hours after the battle began — did the first Israeli troop enter the kibbutz, just four minutes after the last fighters left, according to the probe.
The findings published Friday are the latest in a series of detailed investigations into some 40 battles that took place during Hamas's Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Similar to other investigations, the probe concluded that the Israeli military 'failed in its mission to protect' the residents of Nir Yitzhak, mainly because the military never prepared for such an event.
The occupation military also lacked an intelligence warning, and therefore, troops were unprepared for Hamas's attack, the probe found.
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