IDF Soldier Suggests Israel Allowed October 7th Attack to Happen

Testimony of an IDF Soldier

• 💡 An IDF soldier, Shalom Shitrit, suggests that Israeli officials may have intentionally allowed the October 7th attack to occur.
• 🎯 This testimony comes amid ongoing investigations into the events of October 7th and reports of soldiers being told to stand down.

Ignored Intelligence and Warnings

• ⚠️ Multiple reports indicate that Israeli officials possessed detailed intelligence about Hamas's attack plans well in advance.
• 📄 A New York Times report from November 2023 revealed that Israel had obtained Hamas's attack blueprint over a year prior, but dismissed it as aspirational.
• 🔍 A subsequent report in Israel's Haaretz newspaper in June 2024 detailed an IDF document from less than three weeks before the attack, outlining specific plans including the number of hostages.
• 📌 Despite this advanced knowledge, the document and warnings were reportedly ignored by senior intelligence officials.

Unusual Orders on October 7th

• 🚨 On the morning of October 7th, an IDF soldier reported receiving a strange order via radio to cease patrols along the Gaza fence until 9 a.m., which was highly unusual for an operational battalion.
• 🧐 The soldier questioned why patrols were halted, especially given the routine nature of border security and the fact that many IDF officials at posts near the Gaza border were reportedly asleep.

Accountability and Government Actions

• 🧠 The soldier emphasized that failures were not on the part of ground fighters but at higher levels of the army and government.
• 🗣️ The narrative questions the Israeli government's sincerity regarding hostage care and suggests that political benefits may have outweighed preventing the attack.
• 🗺️ Prime Minister Netanyahu's prior speech at the UN, brandishing a map of a greater Israel erasing Palestinian lands, is presented as evidence of his long-term territorial ambitions, potentially at the cost of Israeli lives.
• 🇺🇸 The US government's support for Netanyahu and the Israeli government is criticized for not serving American interests or the international community.