The investigation highlights the severe shortcomings in leadership, inadequate equipment, and unpreparedness that left the Zikim base vulnerable to the Hamas attack.
The Israeli military has released the results of its investigation into the events that unfolded at the Zikim military base during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, shedding light on the severe challenges faced by the Israeli army on that day.
The report reveals that five unit commanders, one soldier, and an Israeli civilian were killed in the operation.
The investigation reveals that the Golani Brigade soldiers at the Zikim base were in a state of panic during the attack and fled to the beach to avoid confrontation with Palestinian fighters.
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According to the report, “If they had had more lethality, like grenades and machine guns, we would have been in a better position”.
The base’s command staff had been sent forward to confront the assault, which came in two waves.
However, five commanders were killed in the exchange of fire that subsided by 09:30.
The investigation noted a severe lack of adequate military equipment, which left them vulnerable. The report also mentioned the absence of the base commander at the scene during the attack.
“The BTB commander of the Zikim base had to go there during the fighting despite the danger,” the investigation concluded, but he “preferred to remain in a fortified shelter in his home with his family members.”
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, it was also noted that “most of the commanders left for home at the end of the week without their personal weapons, but with only a pistol.”
Israeli media also reported that “no explanation was found” for the fact that “a force from the Golani Brigade that was at the base left the area on its own initiative and without reporting it”. The soldiers reportedly fled to a nearby beach to avoid fighting with Palestinian fighters.
While military reinforcements eventually arrived, they did so hours after the fighters stormed the base.
(PC, AJA, Israeli Media)
Golani Brigade, the “elite”?? Fled to hide in the … beach?? Such “heroism” …
Sounds like a set up to me! Now who might have wanted such a thing to occur??
Bullsh!t. Smokescreen 101.
October 7th was obviously a pre-planned false flag. The freedom fighters trained just outside the border for at least a month before the attack. There is no way the Israelis didn’t see them there. Netanyahu was warned several times about the possibility of an impending attack. Just like Pearl Harbor: Japan had sent at least 3 messages that they wanted peace, but even that was a distraction since they were allowed to attack with almost no resistance. Not only that, they were given fuel at a US controlled depot on the way to Hawaii. Collusion. then we bombed them.
And the American military was in the area just before October 7th. 2+2=?????