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Families of Israeli surveillance soldiers who were killed by Hamas terrorists at
the Nahal Oz surveillance outpost on October 7, 2023, hold up photographs of the
soldiers and speak to the press after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 17, 2024.
(Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

After a protracted legal struggle, the Israel Defense Forces on Monday evening
passed on communication recordings of surveillance soldiers killed or abducted
in Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught to the soldiers’ parents, although many of
the relatives complained that the recordings were partial, and that some of the
servicewomen weren’t heard in them at all.

The radio recordings from the Nahal Oz base — sent to the bereaved families
after the High Court of Justice ordered their release following more than a year
of proceedings — were from Friday, October 6, the last day before the onslaught,
and from the early morning of October 7.

Relatives complained that the documentation ended at 6:30 p.m. on Friday,
meaning that those who went on shift after that time weren’t heard at all. They
said it also included “a few seconds” from 4:47 a.m. on October 7, less than two
hours before the unprecedented Hamas assault began.



During the onslaught, in which a total of some 1,200 people were killed and 251
were taken hostage, terrorists stormed the Nahal Oz base, situated next to
Kibbutz Nahal Oz.

Fifteen surveillance soldiers were killed and seven were taken hostage to Gaza,
one of whom was rescued and another of whom was recovered dead after she was
murdered in captivity. The other five — Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger,
Naama Levy and Daniella Gilboa — are still hostages.

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For months before Hamas’s onslaught, surveillance soldiers reported signs of
activity along the restive Gaza border, situated a kilometer from them. The
soldiers’ reports included information on Hamas operatives conducting training
sessions multiple times a day, digging holes and placing explosives along the
border.

The torched command center of the Nahal Oz IDF base, overrun by Hamas terrorists
on October 7, 2023, during a visit by relatives of slain lookout soldiers on
December 19, 2023. (Courtesy/Eyal Eshel)

While surveillance soldiers provide real-time intelligence information to
soldiers in the field, earning them the name “the eyes of the army,” members of
the all-female force believe that they were not taken seriously, partly due to
their gender. According to the accounts of the soldiers, no action was taken by
the more senior officers who received the reports, and the information was
disregarded as unimportant by intelligence officials.

Some of the families said Monday night and Tuesday morning that the recordings
had provided them with closure.

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“We heard Shay’s voice. We heard her reporting on her last shift — on the
morning of Friday, October 6,” said the family of Sgt. Shay Ashram.

Sgt. Shay Ashram, who was killed in Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

“We heard her laughing, after the last time we spoke to her we heard her crying
and scared on the morning of October 7,” the family said. “It’s a shame that we
only got to hear her voice after a struggle of over a year, including a petition
to the High Court.”

The family added a call to free the remaining 100 hostages held by terrorists in
Gaza, including the five captive surveillance soldiers.

But others reported bitter disappointment.

Yigal Cohen, father of slain soldier Hadar Cohen, told the Ynet news site: “We
received recordings from the morning of October 6 until that evening, and that’s
it. Hadar was on shift from 8 p.m. until midnight” — meaning her entire shift
wasn’t included in the documentation.

“We had waited for so long to hear her, and they didn’t update us beforehand
what we were going to hear and that she isn’t in them,” he added. “It’s very
strange, a serious disappointment. It’s unreal. It can’t be that on such a
front, before such an attack, they can’t be heard. We feel like things are being
concealed from us.”

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Cpl. Hadar Cohen, who was killed in Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023. (IDF)

Barak Landman, father of Adi Landman, told Ynet that what the families received
was an “embarrassment.”

A lawyer representing the families in the High Court petition, Gilad Bar-Tal,
said the disappointment was “huge and unbearable” and accused the military of
“continuing its demeaning behavior toward the families of the surveillance
soldiers.”

He vowed to continue the legal fight to receive the full documentation,
including from the late evening and overnight, and argued that the partial
recordings did not resolve the standing petition.

In response, the IDF said Tuesday morning that it was performing another check
to see if more portions of the audio could be sent.

“The IDF is committed to the bereaved families and does not hide information
from them,” the army said in a statement. “As explained to the families when the
recordings were handed over, the clips that were transferred were recordings in
which only their loved ones can be heard.”

According to a military source, the omitted sections include conversations that
also include combat soldiers. “Due to privacy concerns, the families of the
surveillance troops could not be given these sections,” the source said in a
statement sent to military reporters on condition of anonymity.

“The IDF… regrets any mental anguish it has caused [the families], and had no
intention of adding to their suffering,” the army added.



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edited
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After long legal struggle, relatives get recordings of loved ones hours before
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heard in them

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Tehran
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israel Katz, speaking at event honoring security officers, says Iranian-backed
Houthi group in Yemen will be decapitated, ‘just as [Israel] did to Haniyeh,
Sinwar, and Nasrallah’
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Debt ceiling raised in party-line vote, from 6.6% to 7.7% of GNP, unlocking NIS
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Family of PM’s late aide Bleiweiss to sue Netanyahus, claiming harassment and
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Lawsuit will reportedly allege PM used Hana Bleiweiss as a ‘wallet,’ ignored
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soldiers dying in Gaza
Former chief justice decries ‘disastrous’ government plans that ‘threaten’
democracy
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Government backs bill restricting teachers educated in Palestinian universities
By Sam Sokol
With gag order lifted, reservist charged in PM’s office leak case named as Ari
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Court lifts order at Rosenfeld’s request, as he says he hopes he can now ‘fight
for his good name’ publicly; details on his military past remain barred from
publication
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Religious women mobilize against ultra-Orthodox military exemptions
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The best education needs dialogue
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