JERUSALEM—The Israeli military on July 11 acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly attacks by the Hamas terrorist group last Oct. 7, including slow response times and disorganization, as it released the results of its first investigation into failures during the assault that triggered the war in Gaza.
The report focused on the border community of Be’eri, where over 100 people were killed and more than 30 others taken hostage by Hamas. It was among the hardest-hit communities in the early morning attack, and it was the scene of one of the highest-profile confrontations of Oct. 7—a standoff in which militants held a group of hostages inside a home.
