The General Security Service (Shin Bet) began internal investigations into its units on the southern front regarding the attack of last October 7, which was carried out by the Palestinian resistance led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
Israeli Channel 14 explained that the investigation focuses on the performance of the “Taklia” unit in charge of the Gaza Strip during the events, and the work of the agency during the war.
The channel indicated that the Shin Bet will investigate other secret units regarding the attack, and will not allow the publication of details of those investigations.
After Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, Israeli officials acknowledged responsibility for what happened, describing it as a failure and a security failure.
Last February, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy decided to launch internal investigations into all units, and reports at the time stated that the investigations would last 3 months, and would affect all army units.
Last May, Israeli War Council Minister Benny Gantz presented a proposal to the Israeli government to form an official investigation committee into what he called the October 7 disaster and the war that followed.
According to the proposal, the investigations will include all the events that preceded this date, and the mechanism of decision-making by the political and military leadership during this war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being subjected to severe criticism in Israeli circles, due to the failure to predict in advance the attack carried out by the Palestinian resistance, and the way he dealt with the issue of Israeli detainees in Gaza.
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood targeted military points and settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip, and resulted in the killing of about 1,200 Israelis and the wounding of about 5,431, in addition to at least 239 detainees, Hamas exchanged dozens of them with Israel during a temporary truce.
Since October 7, the devastating and ongoing Israeli war on Gaza has left more than 119,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of children and the elderly.
