IDF to allow relatives of all soldiers killed on Oct. 7 to hear loved ones’ last radio communications

The IDF says it will allow the families of all soldiers who were killed during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, to listen to their loved one’s last radio communications.

The move comes after the military gave the families of surveillance soldiers killed and kidnapped in the Hamas attack the recordings of their radio communications in the day and hours before the onslaught.

The chief of the IDF Personnel Directorate, Maj. Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa, says he will allow all of the bereaved families to hear the last recorded voices on the IDF communication networks before the morning of October 7, “per the progress of the investigations, if they are interested, and in coordination with the IDF.”

Any requests by the families to receive the recordings will go through an approval process, the IDF says.

“The IDF is committed to the bereaved families and regrets the way things have been handled so far,” the military says, adding that “the IDF will continue to support them and act transparently and with attentiveness.”