TIMES OF ISRAEL
Entire Gaza Division was overrun for hours, and IDF didn’t know it; 767 troops faced 5,000 terrorists
Emanuel Fabian
February 27, 2025

An Israel Defense Forces series of investigations into the battles that took place during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught found that it was only recognized months after the invasion and slaughter that the military’s Gaza Division, the regional unit responsible for the Strip and for protecting southern Israel, was “defeated” for several hours. The chaos and confusion catastrophically slowed the fightback on the day…The investigations into the battles found that the IDF failed to protect Israeli civilians and it was not prepared for a wide-scale surprise attack. READ MORE