The Israel Defense Forces said it would present State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman with its internal investigations into the military’s failures of October 7 and in the time leading up to Hamas’s attack.
The IDF said it would share its findings with Englman “as part of the recent dialogue with the comptroller, within the framework of the agreements that were formulated and the IDF’s cooperation with the comptroller’s office.”
The comptroller, also known as the state ombudsman, periodically releases reports auditing Israeli preparedness and the effectiveness of government policies.
According to a series of army probes — summaries of which were released publicly on Thursday — some 5,000 terrorists from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad managed to attack numerous Israeli communities and overrun the army’s border positions. The army’s chain of command broke amid the chaos and soldiers were outnumbered. For years, the army misunderstood Hamas’s intentions, and as October 7 approached, intelligence about the looming attack was misinterpreted.