Halevi: Failures at Nir Oz must be ‘etched into IDF consciousness’

14 March 2025, 3:49 am

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Channel 13 publishes a partial recording of former IDF chief of staff Herzi Halevi’s comments to members of Kibbutz Nir Oz during the army’s presentation of its investigation into the October 7 massacre of the community.

“I heard the harshest statement about October 7 from one of your members,” Halevi can be heard telling the kibbutz residents in the recording.

“I say it in every conversation I have with commanders so that everyone in the IDF will remember it — that the first soldier arrived at Nir Oz after the last terrorist had left,” the former army chief says.

“This is a terrible and damning statement, and we repeat it so that it will be etched into the consciousness of the IDF.”