Army acknowledges October 7 failures but says tank strike did not kill Israelis

A battle-scarred home in Kibbutz Be’eri, (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

The Israeli military has said that hostages held in a home that was struck by tank fire on October 7 were likely killed by Hamas militants, and not shelling, as it released the results of its first investigation into failures during the deadly attack.

While the army appeared to clear itself in the tank strike, it acknowledged a string of errors that day in its core mission of protecting the country’s citizens, including slow response times and disorganisation during the standoff at Kibbutz Be’eri.