TEHRAN- Israel has been utterly humiliated for its failure to anticipate and prevent the October 7 military operation carried out by the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement.

More than 1,100 people were killed and about 250 others were taken captive as the resistance group conducted the operation dubbed Al-Aqsa Storm in southern Israel.

The Israeli military has carried out an investigation into the operation in one of the locations that were attacked by Hamas.

The results of the probe in the community of Kibbutz Be’eri were presented to Israel's military Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi on Mondy.

It was one of the hardest-hit locations in Hamas’ military operation where fighting broke out between resistance fighters and Israeli forces.

According to Israeli media, the findings show that the military failed in its mission to stop the Hamas attack due to the overwhelming number of resistance fighters and battle sites.

The probe admits that some captives fell victim to friendly fire.

It said an Israeli tank fired two shells on a house where Hamas was holding 14 captives.

The investigation acknowledged one of them was killed by shrapnel and the others lost their lives in the intense firefight between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters. It did not say how many of them were harmed by the tank fire.

Previous reports have suggested that Israeli friendly fire had killed some captives during the October 7 attack.

The investigation, which is set to be officially released on Thursday, is seeking to find out why Israel’s military was so unprepared for the Hamas operation despite a reported warning a year before.

The al-Aqsa Strom caught Israel off guard and shook the regime of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the core.

The operation shattered the image of Israel’s invincibility and shed light on the fact that the regime can collapse like a house of cards.

The Hamas attack was in fact like an earthquake that rocked the Israeli establishment.

In April, the Israeli military intelligence chief, became the first senior figure to step down over the October 7 Hamas attack.

Major General Aharon Haliva, who had served 38 years in the Israeli army, took responsibility for failing to prevent the al-Aqsa Strom in his resignation letter.

Monday’s probe could exert pressure on Israel as it officially acknowledges that captives have been killed at the hands of the regime forces.

This could also lead to growing calls for the resignation of high-ranking officials within the Israeli army including general Halavi.

The Netanyahu regime is currently under immense domestic pressure to reach a ceasefire with Hamas and end the Gaza war.

Over the past months, Israelis have held protests calling for the release of captives, new elections and Netanyahu’s resignation.

Dozens of the captives are currently held in Gaza following a swap deal between Israel and Hamas in November.

Netanyahu who declared war on Gaza following the al-Aqsa Strom operation has vowed to achieve total victory over Hamas, destroy the resistance group and secure the release of the captives. But he has so far failed to deliver on his promises.  

Opposition leader Avigdor Lieberman said in June that the Netanyahu cabinet has received “complete humiliation” instead of “complete victory” in Gaza.

Divisions have also widened between the army and Netanyahu over failing to eliminate Hamas.  

Such deep rifts within the Israeli establishment indicate that the Palestinian resistance has the upper hand in the Gaza battlefield although the Netanyahu regime has massacred more than 38,000 Palestinians in the past nine months.