From: Al Jazeera February 27, 2025
Israel army acknowledges ‘complete failure’ on October 7 in military probe

The internal Israeli army probe into Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack acknowledged the military’s “complete failure” to prevent the assault, which killed hundreds of Israelis, a military official said.

the official said, briefing reporters about the report’s contents, on condition of anonymity:
“October 7 was a complete failure, the [military] failed in fulfilling its mission to protect Israeli civilians,”

“Too many civilians died that day asking themselves in their hearts or out loud, where was the [Israeli military]?”
“The [military] failed to protect Israeli citizens.

the military said in the summary of the report released to journalists:
The Gaza Division was overrun in the early hours of the war, as terrorists took control and carried out massacres in the communities and roads in the area,”