Israel​’s military blamed itself for failing to protect a community on the ​Gaza border on Oct. 7, in the first released findings of a large military investigation into the nation’s worst intelligence failure and terrorist attack.

A woman on a bicycle rides past a billboard with the Israeli flag and a slogan in support of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack displayed, in Tel Aviv, Israel,.. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military published on Thursday the findings of a first probe into its own security failings during the devastating Oct.

An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) internal investigation into the failures to protect the kibbutz of Be’eri on October 7 found that the Israeli military “failed in its mission to protect the residents” and “was not prepared for the extensive infiltration scenario” by Hamas that day,