By The Jerusalem Post (World News) | Created at 2024-10-06 16:20:13 | Updated at 2024-10-06 18:18:29
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The footage shows the destroyed Sderot Police station as well as security forces responding to the breach of the Israel-Gaza border.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF OCTOBER 6, 2024 19:16The IDF released exclusive footage from the October 7 massacre to mark the one-year anniversary of the brutal Hamas attack.
The Sderot Police station on October 7. (IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
The IDF also released a statement with the footage, saying, "On the morning of October 7, the Hamas terrorist organization launched a brutal attack on Israel. Security forces swiftly moved south, fighting bravely alongside local defense forces in the surrounding communities to repel the assault and protect the residents of the Gaza border and the country as a whole."
"On that day, Unit 888 engaged in battles across several settlements and kibbutzim, including Erez, Urim, Re’im, Be’eri, Alumim, and Nahal Oz. In a heroic fight at Kibbutz Re’im, during which “dozens of terrorists were eliminated,” the unit’s commander, Colonel Roy Yosef Levi, was killed, as was Captain Yotam Ben Bast, commander of the unit's training platoon," the statement concluded
