Report: IDF chief says he knew for years that Nahal Oz base was problematic

3 March 2025, 8:35 pm

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The IDF's Nahal Oz base (left) and Kibbutz Nahal Oz (in the background) on October 7, 2023, as seen in footage released by the Hamas terror group. (Screenshot: Telegram)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi is cited by Channel 12 news as saying he knew for years that the Nahal Oz base was positioned in a problematic area, but moving it away from the frontier did not happen for budgetary reasons.

“I knew for years about the problem at the camp, wide open, hundreds of meters from the enemy. Even when I was a brigade commander, I thought it wasn’t good. [Dealing with it] didn’t happen because of budgetary reasons, 200 million shekels,” Halevi says, according to the network.

The IDF published its investigation into the attack on the base on October 7, 2023, earlier this evening. The probe found that the base did not function properly as a border post, and was therefore quickly captured by terrorists.