The IDF failed in its mission to defend the Gaza-border kibbutz of Sufa on October 7, 2023, an IDF probe found on Sunday. However, a coordinated effort by the local emergency response squad and Israeli soldiers, who "acted with courage and sought contact with the enemy," prevented an even greater disaster.

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