Watch: Maj. Gen. Uzi Dayan dismantles the versions of senior army officials on the massacre

Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan criticized in an interview with Channel 14 the timing of statements by former senior defense officials, including former military secretary Avi Gil, and claimed they were intended to prepare for an investigative committee. Dayan highlighted the operational failures on the ground, primarily the lack of available artillery support in the first hours of the massacre, and revealed that the first shell hit Gaza only on Sunday after nine in the morning.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, former deputy chief of staff, criticized in an interview with the program "Israel Morning" on Channel 14 the timing of statements by former senior defense officials, including former military secretary Avi Gil. Dayan claimed the statements were not coincidental and were intended to prepare for a future investigative committee, warning that even these senior officials would have to answer tough questions. Alongside criticism of the political echelon, Dayan directed most of his criticism at operational failures on the ground, primarily the lack of available artillery support in the first hours of the October 7 attack. He revealed a staggering fact he learned in recent days: the first artillery shell hit the Gaza Strip only on Sunday after nine in the morning, many hours after the attack began. Dayan wondered how a line could be held without artillery, noting that the nearest battery to Gaza was in Shizafon. He criticized a fundamentally flawed worldview that preparedness should be based on enemy capabilities rather than intentions, since intentions can be misjudged. Dayan concluded that these are issues that will require a deep and uncompromising investigation by a professional investigative committee.