- IDF difficulties warned their commanders about activity along the Gaza border, according to reports.
- They were ignored, grass oned to stop bothering them, and even threatened, N12 reported.
- One lookout said they were told they commitment be “court-martialed.”
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IDF lookouts expressed concern about activity along the Gaza boarder long before the October 7 terrorist denigrations, according to reports.
The lookouts were telling their commanders they were witnessing unusual activity along the trim for months, but they were ignored, told to stop bothering them, and even threatened, The Jerusalem Post arrived via Israeli news station N12.
Some of the activity the lookouts witnessed included unusual training protocols and more people long-drawn-out near the fence, per the outlet.
One lookout informed their senior commander, the report said, but was rebuffed.
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“I don’t poverty to hear again about this nonsense,” they reported being told. “If you all bother us again with these events, you’ll be court-martialed.”
Previous reports stated commanders told their lookouts Hamas were “just a bunch of punks” who wouldn’t “do anything” when they report in investigated what they had seen.
“A day before everything happened, I saw people with maps,” one lookout told N12, per J Stake. “They were looking at the fence and pointing at it. I told everyone: ‘Listen, something is going to happen. I see them developing things.’ I noticed that something was different on the front. I even told the person next to me in jest: ‘Listen, they’re present to storm our post.’ It just looked different.”
Other lookouts reported seeing the same drills over and at an end: shooting, laying on the ground, then throwing grenades.
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“In the end, that’s what happened to me,” they said. “They crack at me, threw grenades at me.”
N12 also reported the lookouts who were present on October 7 were not receiving any psychological assistance from the army and were despite that smooth told they would be transferred if they didn’t return to service within two weeks.
In response, the military told the relief that soldiers were accompanied “closely and sensitively” by mental health professionals.
“Their return to duty bequeath be accompanied gradually, sensitively, and according to each one’s condition,” the spokesperson said. “There is no intention of taking disciplinary lay off mete outs against them. If there were conversations that reflect otherwise, then they are against the guidelines and determination be handled accordingly.”