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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

IDF Gaza Division

Hamas terrorists are seen near the Gama Junction in southern Israel, close to Re'im and Kissufim, amid the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (South First Responders)
June 13, 2025, 10:41 am
Despite vulnerabilities, troops blocked capture of Gaza Division base on Oct. 7 — probe
Military investigation finds Re’im Base was entirely unprepared for such a scenario, but uncoordinated efforts led by base staff and other soldiers pushed back Hamas terrorists
By Emanuel Fabian
Warrant Officer G'haleb Sliman Alnasasra, who was killed in the northern Gaza Strip on April 19, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 19, 2025, 9:47 pm
Israeli soldier killed in Hamas attack, in first since collapse of Gaza ceasefire
Warrant Officer G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra slain, 5 others, including 3 female troops, hurt in incident near Beit Hanoun; IDF: 150 targets hit, 40 operatives killed over weekend
By Emanuel Fabian
Staff Sgt. Avraham Nerya Cohen (Courtesy)
March 7, 2025, 1:54 pm
Staff Sgt. Avraham Cohen, 20: Off-duty soldier helped plan Supernova
Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Supernova music festival on October 7
By ToI Staff
Gazans celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the broken Israel-Gaza border fence, east of Khan Younis, October 7, 2023. (AP/Yousef Masoud)
February 27, 2025, 7:00 pm
Entire Gaza Division was overrun for hours, and IDF didn’t know it; 767 troops faced 5,000 terrorists
Top command was unaware regional division was not functioning for nearly 10 hours during onslaught; army failed to build a picture of the situation, backup didn’t reach the right areas
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. Maj. Salman Eben Marei (Courtesy)
February 2, 2025, 9:08 pm
Sgt. Maj. Salman Eben Marei, 41: Bedouin tracker and father of 7
Killed battling the Hamas attack on the Sufa IDF outpost on October 7
By ToI Staff
Palestinian terrorists take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF freezes new job for Gaza Division intel officer accused of pre-Oct. 7 failures
After radio report reveals planned appointment, army halts ‘temporary posting’ for Lt. Col. ‘Aleph,’ who reportedly derided warnings ahead of Hamas onslaught as ‘completely imaginary’
By Emanuel Fabian
Cpt. Nitay Amar (IDF)
December 11, 2024, 11:30 pm
Cpt. Nitay Amar, 22: Combat engineer ‘fought until the last moment’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of the Re’im IDF base on October 7
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Brando David Flores Garcia (IDF)
November 13, 2024, 11:11 pm
Staff Sgt. Brando Flores Garcia, 21: Peruvian native and soccer player
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of the Kissufim IDF outpost on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Cpl. Ilay Azar (IDF)
October 22, 2024, 10:05 pm
Cpl. Ilay Azar, 18: Budding musician who was ‘a star in the making’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of the Re’im IDF base on October 7
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Boaz Menashe Yoggev (IDF)
October 17, 2024, 11:31 pm
Sgt. Boaz Yoggev, 19: One of 10 siblings who had ‘hands of gold’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of the Nahal Oz IDF outpost on Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram speaks about the war in Gaza in an undated IDF video shown in a July 30, 2024 report of the Kan public broadcaster. (Screen capture: Youtube/Kan, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 31, 2024, 9:38 pm
Controversial commander Barak Hiram named next Gaza Division chief
Move comes after IDF clears him of blame in Be’eri battle; promotion, announced before Oct. 7, was frozen amid probe of his approval to shell kibbutz home where hostages were held
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
The remains of the home of Pessi Cohen, where Hamas held 14 Israelis hostage on October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Be'eri, seen on November 19, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 7, 2024, 6:46 pm
IDF officers invoked defunct ‘Hannibal Protocol’ during Oct. 7 fighting – report
Haaretz alleges that senior officers in Gaza Division ordered soldiers to use whatever means necessary to prevent abductions, even if it posed risk to life
By ToI Staff
Staff Sgt. Benyamin Belay (IDF)
July 3, 2024, 6:59 pm
Staff Sgt. Benyamin Belay, 20: Soldier was devoted to his parents
Killed while battling the Hamas invasion of the Kissufim outpost on October 7
By ToI Staff
Soldiers are seen monitoring surveillance cameras at a command center at the IDF's Re'im camp in southern Israel, November 5, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)
June 21, 2024, 4:22 am
Surveillance troops spotted ‘highly irregular’ Hamas drill 4 days before Oct. 7
Exercise simulated simultaneous firing of rockets, storming of Israeli tanks by 170 Hamas fighters, but was still dismissed as just another drill, public broadcaster reports
By ToI Staff
Hamas terrorists near Kibbutz Nir Oz during the massacre on October 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)
June 17, 2024, 11:47 pm
3 weeks before Oct. 7, IDF Gaza Division warned of Hamas plan to attack, take 250 hostages
Report reveals Sept. 19 document that specified terror group was training for mass assault on south; ‘I feel like crying, yelling, swearing,’ says soldier involved with memo
By ToI Staff
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