Israeli occupation army presented on Friday a new probe into Hamas’ October 7 attack, highlighting the Israeli military colossal failures that allowed throngs of Palestinian fighters to overrun the kibbutz of Nir Oz without seeing a single soldier.

The first soldiers to arrive at Nir Oz on October 7 did so some 40 minutes after the last fighter left, Israeli media reported, citing the probe by the occupation military.

The investigation concluded that the Israeli military “failed in its mission to protect” the residents of Nir Oz, largely because the military had never prepared for such an event.

The Nir Oz probe was aimed at drawing specific operational conclusions for the military. It found that an unusually large number of Palestinian fighters invaded the Kibbutz, compared to other Israeli settlements attacked on October 7.

The probe stated that calls by then-Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif at 8 a.m. on Palestinians to invade Israeli kibbutzim led to numerous fighters joining in the operation.

This was exacerbated in the Nir Oz area due to the lack of Israeli troops defending the area, giving the fighters a sense of freedom, and because of footage circulating online of an Israeli tank that was disabled on the border and its crew abducted.

The tank became a sort of attraction for Palestinians during the onslaught, with hundreds from Gaza’s Khuza’a reaching the area, many of whom would continue into the occupied territories and reach Nir Oz.

The investigation team stated that “the forces were not prepared, did not prepare or practice scenarios that occurred on October 7,” and that they were not given any alert that morning.

“Already at the beginning of the fighting, many of the commanders were injured in the area, and the chain of command collapsed,” the team said.

It also stated that the Israeli military was unable to build an accurate picture of what was happening in the entire area, including in Nir Oz.

“The troops fought throughout the area, including along the fence and their posts, and failed to hold an assessment,” the probe said, adding that at no point did troops speak with anyone in Nir Oz during the attack to understand what was happening there.

Source: Israeli media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)