The appearance of the Israeli army was watched by Hamas in Gaza at a security fence from a base in southern Israel. It turned out that Hamas was also watching them.
Four women held captive in Gaza on Saturday, more than 15 months after Hamas took control, are “spots” for the army, about half a mile from the border.
In the first minutes of the Hamas-LED dawn attack on October 7, 2023, the militants blew up the fence and the main base, Nahal Oz. Dozens of soldiers from 15 units were killed. The gunmen also dragged seven guards – unarmed female conscripts in their late years – into trucks and drove them to Gaza. Some were still in their pajamas, some were bleeding from wounds.
One of them, pvt. Ori Megidish, 19, was saved Three weeks later by Israeli forces. else, Cpl. Noah Marciano19, was injured in an Israeli airstrike, then killed by militants in the Shifa Hospital of the military in Gaza. Hamas said he died in the bombing.
The remaining five, Naama Levy, Karina Ariev and Liri Albag, were released on Saturday to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners of 19-year-old Karina Ariev and Liri Albag, who are accused of killing Israelis. Effective January 19, Agam Berger's fifth Spotter will be released in the coming days or weeks as part of the deal.
Ms. Levy, Ms. Berger and Ms. Albag were the last to arrive at the base two days before the attack. The Israeli army did not disclose the rank of the captured soldiers.
The interception of the apparitions highlighted the appearance of many Israelis The worst military, intelligence and government debacle in the history of their countries. Their families are still waiting for an official investigation in the fall of Nahal Oz.
Relatives and past apparitions said the women were constantly on alert for the possibility of a border raid, although they had no idea of the scale of what happened.
“All the time, we were told there was going to be an attack,” said the old look, who served at the Nahal Oz base from December 22, 2021, a week before the attack. But he said they were expecting a localized incident along the fence, such as an attempted abduction of several soldiers.
“We would joke about the raid slipping,” Ms. Yerushalmi said.
In the months leading up to the attack, Ms. Yerushalmi had growing signs of something. He said that the lothers saw white apple trucks with 20-30 to 30 people with increasing frequency, sometimes standing and leaning on Israel and looking at Israel. Mrs. Yerhalmi said.
The products, he and several relatives of the other guards said, but given by their superiors, should be the eyes, not the brains, of Israel's military. Their reports, they said, revealed that he had been fired.
The Israeli military declined to comment on the specific allegations, but said it was “reviewing the events of October 7 with the aim of drawing lessons for the army's continued operations.”
When the attack came, thousands of Hamas-led militants and marauders blasted through fences and fences, border villages and towns, as well as a music festival. According to Israeli authorities, about 1,200 people died in Israel that day, and according to Israeli authorities, Gaza was taken hostage. The attack comes out of a 15-month war that has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians, leaving much of the coastal enclave in ruins, what Gaza health authorities say.
It took hours for any backup force to arrive in Nahal Oz. The commanders of the visionaries were at a different base, further from the border.
“I still don't know what's going on there,” he said. Father of SGT Eyal Eshel. Roni Eshel, one of the 15 bespectacled soldiers killed in Nahal Oz. Mr. Eschel conducted his own investigation into the events and is being pressed for an official investigation into the failures that day.
“I realized something,” Mr. Eshel said of his research into the fate of the parts. “It was so great that they were forsaken and given to them.”
The evening before the raid, the scenes were in a Saturday mood, sharing a Saturday meal together, singing and saying goodbye to a team member, Staff Sgt. 20, 20-year-old Shahaf Nisani, who completed his mandatory service. His mother gave food to the base.
Lookouts worked four-hour shifts with eight hours off. They were taught to never take their eyes off the screens in the operating room.
Karina Ariev's family was not too worried when Nahal was assigned to Oz, her cousin Anna Astmaker. “It was at the borders of the country,” he said. However, Mrs. Ariev said that he said that he was not his uncle there.
Arriev, the daughter of immigrants from Ukraine, was on duty from midnight to 4 a.m., after midnight at 7 p.m. Sergeant ESHEL was part of another group that happened at 4am
At 6:29 p.m., the military launched a barrage of rockets from Gaza, a smokescreen as drones dismantled key communications and control towers.
As sirens warned of incoming rocket fire, the off-duty figures ran up to the ground cover above their sleeping quarters.
Within minutes, there were waves of Hamas commandos You blew up Israel's vaunted defenseSome were in white apple cars and the base quickly overflowed.
In the operating room, Sergeant eShel was Use codewords to report the raid as the actual increases with one sound, a voice recording was released by the military. Then the cameras were destroyed and the monitoring screens went blank.
Dozens of armed soldiers stationed at the base on the turn fought for their last bullets. The attackers threw bombs into the shelter, where many were hiding, killing and injuring, killing and injuring many.
According to Ms. Astmaker, Ms. Ariev called her parents from the shelter to say goodbye. He said he continued to let them live if he didn't and wrote to them until 7:20 when all contact was lost.
The footage soon surfaced on Ms Ariev's social media and other footage of her being taken to Gaza.
There is a lot of information about them. Ms. Ariev appeared in a speaker video with Ms. Gilboa and Doron Steinbrecher a year ago, one in three women was released january 19.
Ms. Albag appeared this month The latest hostage video Analysts released by Hamas apparently intended to pressure Israel into a ceasefire deal.
The surveillance soldiers in the operating room at the time of the attack were waiting for the certificate and certificate issued last year, according to Mr. Eshel's information gathered. informal survey which began with other living families and survivors of the attack.
Four combat soldiers fought to their deaths in a fight around the operating room, an inquest found. The attackers then set the Operations Room on fire. Seven other combat soldiers and only one of the apparitions managed to escape through the thick smoke through a small bathroom window. Sergeant ESHEL and many others died in the inferno.
Another view of the survivors from the shelter. In total, more than 50 soldiers were killed at the Nahal Oz base, of which 15 are still missing.
Sergeant ESHEL was missing for 34 days in 34 days until his death was confirmed based on DNA. But Mr. Eshel said, “there are many open questions.”
Israel's military chief, Lt. Wide Herzi Halevi, announced his resignation It said last week in March that it would conclude a long-awaited series of internal inquiries before the army failed on October 7. The results of internal surveys will be presented to the public.
Mr Eshel believes his daughter knows she won't make it out alive. The oldest of three siblings, she always signed off her messages with five red heart emojis for each member of the family. In his last message to his mother from the operating room, at 9:27 a.m., he told her not to worry and to sign only four hearts.