IDF failure: Experts reveal the shocking wrong decisions!

IDF failure: Experts reveal the shocking wrong decisions!

The latest internal studies by the Israeli secret service Shin Bet and the Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) reveal serious omissions in the run-up to the devastating attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. That night thousands of Hamas terrorists broke the border fence at 114, which led to a massive assault in Israeli cities, in which 1200 people killed and 251 were kidnapped. Secret service chief Ronen Bar admitted: "We failed" after the report revealed the catastrophic location and the inadequate preparations, as well as from vienne was.

The IDF only opposed 767 soldiers compared to 5000 attackers on the day of the attack. This led to an uncoordinated attempt at defense, in which the troop was actually defactically defeated for almost ten hours. The commander of the Gaza division was killed early in the morning, which further escalated the situation. Chaos prevailed in the first few hours, which prevented an adequate reaction of the IDF. Already on October 9, the armed forces managed to regain control of the border areas after they could only correctly assess the danger situation hours after the first attack, as the NZZ reported.

Missing reactions and warning signals

It is particularly alarming that the IDF had five important warning signals that indicated an upcoming attack, but stipulated them as insignificant. Many of these information were related to signs of unusual activities in the Gaza Strip. Despite the clear evidence, the military leadership ignored the impending danger and considered an attack of this size unrealistic. These misjudgments also result from the conviction that the IDF of the Hamas is militarily superior, which reduces the operations in the Gaza Strip.

The investigation has also emphasized that Hamas had developed plans for an attack on Israel since 2018 and that it was almost completely developed in 2023. While the IDF assumed a maximum threat from 70 terrorists, thousands of attackers actually overturned all its expectations on the day of the attack. Despite the explosive results of the report, an immediate investigation of the role of the government under Prime Minister Netanyahu is required, which he was postponed after the war.