New report has emerged on how Oct 7 failures led to Israeli music fest carnage.
Israeli media’s report exposed cracks within military & police
Police didn’t get intelligence warnings from IDF: Channel 12 News
Police had concerns about music fest being held near Gaza border.
Fest wasn’t initially approved to continue through Oct 7 due to riots along the border.
Police chief of event asked IDF for plans on possible attack before party began.
But IDF told police chief Eyal Azoulai ‘no security concerns’.
“I see that the army isn’t approving October 7, and I turn to the senior officer in the Southern Command, and I ask him a very precise question: Is there some security consideration that I should be aware of? The answer I received was that the consideration wasn’t about security.”
Eyal Azulai, the commander in-charge of festival, To Channel 12
‘Only battalion commanders knew about party, not lower-ranking officers’
“We wanted to understand if it is possible to have some kind of military force with an armoured vehicle there. The army informed us that its decision is to provide regional security, not the security of soldiers.”
Eyal Azulai, the commander in-charge of festival, To Channel 12.
‘Fest not mentioned during talks among IDF commanders on night before attack’
‘During invasion, Hamas were not aware of party, on way to Netivot city’
Hamas’ elite Nukhba forces circled back to party site after recce lasting over an hour
‘At 7 am, fighters burst through Gaza border fence, positioned themselves at Supernova site’.
Hamas invasion began with massive rocket fire, partygoers fled the area.
Those who immediately fled were able to escape to safety.
For hours, private security forces & police fought Hamas, who were heavily armed.
‘At 11.45 am, IDF forces still did not arrive, as militants broke the defences’.
IDF to Channel 12: cops said rave site cleared out, hence did not deploy forces
Hamas established command post, began collecting bodies & hostages to take to Gaza Strip.