US EditionIDF Report Reveals Oct. 7th Zikim Beach Failure As Soldiers Abandoned Civilians To Hamas Massacre
- An IDF report revealed that on October 7, 2023, seven Golani Brigade soldiers abandoned civilians during a Hamas infiltration at Zikim beach, Israel.
- The soldiers, tasked with protecting civilians, retreated despite numerical superiority as terrorists landed by sea and began shooting early that morning.
- This failure allowed the terrorists to massacre 17 civilians hiding in restrooms and bomb shelters, while the soldiers neither engaged nor communicated effectively with naval support.
- The report described the soldiers' retreat as a "tremendous moral and professional failure," highlighting breakdowns in leadership, equipment, and coordination during the attack.
- As a result, the report calls for urgent reforms and a state inquiry to address deficiencies, while crediting local civilian defenders for preventing further terrorist penetration into the kibbutz.
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IDF Report Reveals Oct. 7th Zikim Beach Failure As Soldiers Abandoned Civilians To Hamas Massacre
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An IDF report on the Zikim beach battle which occurred on Oct. 7, 2023 reveals serious failures on the part of the Golani defenders charged with protecting the civilians on the beach, leading to a massacre of 17 civilians by terrorists arriving by sea. Despite their numerical superiority, the Golani squad did […]
Zikim Probe: IDF troops didn't confront terrorists, failed to protect civilians
The investigation revealed that minimal forces deployed and an infantry company falling back after Hamas infiltrated by sea were the main reasons the IDF failed to protect civilians aptly
Investigation results reveal that Golani soldiers fled the resistance during the October 7 attack.
Today, Sunday, the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz published the results of the Israeli army's investigation into the events of October 7, 2023, specifically what happened at Zikim Beach, located on the northern border of the Gaza Strip, south of Tel Aviv, during Operation Protective Edge...
IDF probe confirms soldiers retreated, failed to engage Hamas at Zikim Beach on Oct. 7
Seventeen civilians were murdered on the beach by terrorists infiltrating from the sea. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News An IDF report issued Sunday acknowledged severe failures that led to 17 Israeli civilians being murdered at the Zikim beach at the start of the Hamas-led invasion on October 7, 2023. A unit of seven Golani Brigade soldiers went to the beach to carry out a well-practiced maneuver in case of naval infiltration only 12 minut…
Soldiers flee leaving civilians defenseless, IDF probe into Zikim base in massacre, f
Internal investigation into the October 7 highlights catastrophic leadership failures, faulty equipment and a lack of initiative, allowing Hamas terrorists to massacre civilians while nearby soldiers flee or fail to engage
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