Police Split Over October 7 Nova Festival Response as Internal Inquiry Surfaces

Nearly three years after October 7, police inquiries into the day’s events are beginning to emerge, with the massacre at the Nova music festival at the center of the debate. Police Commissioner, Chief Superintendent Dani Levy, criticized the decision by the incident commander to declare the emergency code "Parash Pleshet," used for a terrorist infiltration and a multi-front security event, after the party had already been shut down. Levy said the move may have been correct, but officers on the ground needed to be told clearly who was in command.

Former Southern District Commander Superintendent Amir Cohen defended the decision, saying it was made because terrorists were present at the Meitar Junction en route to seize Ofakim. Another dispute focused on who initiated the declaration of "Parash Pleshet." Cohen said the decision matched the version presented by the inquiry team led by Nakhshon Nagler.

Nagler, however, said there is no proof that Superintendent Ami Ashad was the one who declared "Parash Pleshet." Superintendent Limor Nach added that the declaration appears in the operations log. During the discussion, Levy confronted Nagler, saying, "How can you say things different from what came up in your inquiry? This conversation is planting mistakes here, you are misleading everyone."