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Unreleased Recordings Expose Chaos in Israeli Police During Oct. 7 Hamas Attack

Newly revealed recordings from the Israeli Police command center in Jerusalem expose the chaotic response to the October 7 Hamas attack. Then-Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and his officers struggled to coordinate defenses across multiple sites with insufficient resources.

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Unreleased Recordings Expose Chaos in Israeli Police During Oct. 7 Hamas Attack
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What happened

  1. 01Unreleased recordings show chaos within the Israeli Police command during the October 7 Hamas attack.
  2. 02Then-Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai struggled to coordinate a response with limited police and ammunition.
  3. 03Police officers and Yamam special forces were the first line of defense in several southern locations.
  4. 04Recordings reveal police requests for IDF combat helicopters were delayed by authorization issues.
  5. 05Shabtai ordered the use of gas to contain terrorists in Beer Sheva due to slow reinforcements.

The recordings reveal urgent calls for IDF air support and directives to use gas against entrenched terrorists due to delays in reinforcements.

Translated and summarized by baba from i24NEWS French, the latest report. Read i24NEWS French’s original

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