Israeli Military Investigation Finds 16 Killed on Mefalsim on Oct. 7

Disaster averted on Oct. 7 at Kibbutz Mefalsim by heroism of local emergency squad

The army’s newest report also examined battles at the nearby Shaar HaNegev and Black Arrow junctions. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News The IDF’s latest report on the Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023 focused on the fighting at Kibbutz Mefalsim and its environs and commended both local emergency squads and certain security forces for averting a disaster. Twenty-seven minutes after the rocket sirens started sounding at …

Israeli military investigation finds 16 killed on Mefalsim on Oct. 7

An IDF probe found that 12 foreign workers were rescued in the battle near Mefalsim, where the air force played a significant role; 16 people were killed.

How a security squad saved own kibbutz from massacre as IDF failed on Oct. 7, probe finds

An alert civilian security coordinator, 77 killed on the highway, and a 'heroic' special forces battle: The Israeli army's probe into the Mefalsim area reveals a massacre that was thwarted inside the kibbutz, even as another raged outside, and a fight that saved 12 foreign workers from being abducted into Gaza

Investigation of the battle in Mefalsim: The failure and the heroism that saved lives

A year-long operational investigation has unveiled the harrowing details of the battle around Kibbutz Mefalsim, the Black Arrow memorial, and Sha'ar Hanegev Junction during the October 7th massacre.

IDF probe into Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Mefalsim: Hamas controlled key crossroads, ma

Internal investigation finds failures in force deployment and preparedness, revealing how Hamas overran strategic sites, including Kibbutz Mefalsim and a major junction near Sderot, killing 77 civilians and 13 security personnel

Elite Israeli units averted catastrophe in face of October 7 onslaught

An Israel Defence Forces investigation released Tuesday revealed how elite counterterrorism forces prevented a potentially catastrophic massacre during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Kibbutz Mefalsim and surrounding areas, though the operation came at a devastating cost to Israeli security forces. The probe, conducted over nearly a year by Col. Arik Moyal, documented how approximately 200 […] The post Elite Israeli units averted catastrophe in face…