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'That Amazes Me, I Didn't Know': Netanyahu 'Surprised' to Hear What Happened at Israeli Army Base on October 7

Channel 12 News aired recordings from Netanyahu's meeting with families of the female IDF spotters who were killed at the Nahal Oz military outpost, showing the prime minister didn't know that the soldiers were unarmed, and that officials visited the families

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July 17, 2024

Recordings aired on Channel 12 News on Tuesday evening show how little Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows about what happened at the Nahal Oz base during the October 7 Hamas assault and about the failures that enabled it to happen.

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