IDF spokesman on Be’eri probe: We failed on Oct. 7 to protect the kibbutz residents

In a press conference on the military’s investigation on the October 7 atrocities at Be’eri, spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the IDF failed that day to protect Israeli citizens.

“We did not prepare for Hamas’s murderous terror attack,” Hagari says. “The findings of the investigation are clear: October 7 was among the toughest days the State of Israel has known since its founding. The IDF failed in its mission to defend the residents of Kibbutz Be’eri.”

He continues: “It’s painful and difficult for me to say this: The IDF needed to protect the residents of Kibbutz Be’eri, but unfortunately we were not there for many hours of the fighting. For hours the residents of Be’eri defended their families with their bodies, as they were alone against the terrorists.”