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Joseph Rosenberg · Oct 6, 2026

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Israel began memorial observances Monday marking three years since the October 7 terrorist attack and massacre, with ceremonies honoring the victims and a stark acknowledgment of responsibility from IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir. In a special order addressed to soldiers, commanders, reservists and civilian employees, Zamir placed the military’s failure at the forefront of his message. “The IDF failed in its supreme mission to protect the citizens of the State of Israel,” he wrote, recalling the breach of Israel’s borders on Simchat Torah in 2023. His message combined mourning for those murdered, abducted and killed in battle with a commitment to investigate the failures of that morning, implement lessons and prepare the military for future threats. Zamir described the devastation inflicted on communities across the Western Negev, where familiar landscapes became scenes of violence. “In the wheat fields, the orchards, the homes of the kibbutzim, and the towns of the Western Negev, places wh

Israel began memorial observances Monday marking three years since the October 7 terrorist attack and massacre, with ceremonies honoring the victims and a stark acknowledgment of responsibility from IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir. In a special order addressed to soldiers, commanders, reservists and civilian employees, Zamir placed the military’s failure at the forefront of his message. “The IDF failed in its supreme mission to protect the citizens of the State of Israel,” he wrote, recalling the breach of Israel’s borders on Simchat Torah in 2023. His message combined mourning for those murdered, abducted and killed in battle with a commitment to investigate the failures of that morning, implement lessons and prepare the military for future threats. Zamir described the devastation inflicted on communities across the Western Negev, where familiar landscapes became scenes of violence. “In the wheat fields, the orchards, the homes of the kibbutzim, and the towns of the Western Negev, places wh

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