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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

IDF Gaza Division

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
Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld, the commander of the Gaza Division during a handover ceremony in August 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 9, 2024, 9:10 pm
‘I failed in my life’s mission’: Gaza Division head announces resignation over Oct. 7
In letters to army chief and mayors of border communities, Brig. Gen. Avi Rosenfeld says: ‘Everyone has to take responsibility for their part’
By Emanuel Fabian
The torched command center of the Nahal Oz IDF base, overrun by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, during a visit by relatives of slain lookout soldiers on December 19, 2023. (Courtesy/Eyal Eshel)
May 2, 2024, 8:17 am
Report: Many IDF posts on Gaza border failed inspections in days before Oct. 7
TV network reveals that in spot-check at Nahal Oz camp, troops failed to prevent unauthorized people from entering base and its war rooms
By Emanuel Fabian
Warrant officer Ibrahim Kharuba (IDF)
April 24, 2024, 6:10 pm
Warrant Officer Ibrahim Kharuba, 39: ‘Fought until his last breath’
Killed while battling Hamas terrorists in the Nahal Oz IDF outpost on October 7
By ToI Staff
Sgt. Osher Barzilay who was killed in Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023. (MDA)
February 6, 2024, 9:17 pm
Sgt. Osher Barzilay, 19: MDA volunteer planned to be a brain surgeon
Killed on October 7 when Hamas overran the Nahal Oz IDF outpost
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in black, plants a tree at a military base near Gaza on January 25, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)
January 25, 2024, 6:19 pm
Netanyahu tells troops there’s ‘no substitute for complete victory over our enemies’
Prime minister marks Tu Bishvat with visit to Gaza Division base, plants tree to honor fallen soldiers and vows to eliminate Hamas: ‘We will be here, and they will not’
By Michael Horovitz
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