Members of Moshav Yated’s emergency response squad, along with additional moshav residents, acted quickly and responsibly to kill and arrest infiltrating terrorists, preventing harm to Yated residents during the October 7 massacre, the IDF’s probe found on Wednesday.
"The spirit of volunteerism" of Yated residents who were not part of the emergency response squad and assisted the squad in defending the moshav was highlighted as exemplary by the military’s findings.
The military also noted that they failed in their mission to defend Yated from infiltrating terrorists during the massacre.
Nevertheless, the fighting of IDF soldiers, including the Paran Regional Brigade commander, on Route 232 near Yated in the morning hours of October 7, succeeded in preventing further terror infiltration toward Yated and the other communities in the region.
Soldiers from the IDF’s 80th Division, who were directed to the area after the massacre began, significantly contributed to fighting off the infiltrating terrorists. The soldiers didn't arrive at Yated until the night hours on October 7, due to fighting en route to the moshav, the military explained.
These civilian and military achievements came despite the command chain being damaged, which created difficulties in forming a situational assessment and coordinating defensive activities to protect the residents of Yated, the probe found.
The military reported that 11 infiltrating terrorists participated in the attack on Yated, with 10 surrendering and being arrested by members of the emergency response squad.
No casualties within Moshav Yated during the massacre
There were no casualties within Moshav Yated during the massacre due to the successes of the emergency response squad.
However, an IDF reservist officer, Capt. (res.) Iftach Gorny, 52, was killed during the fighting to prevent further terror infiltration on Route 232. Gorny served as part of a counterterrorism unit.
No other Israeli casualties were mentioned in the IDF’s probe. However, two residents of the moshav, Moti Elkabetz and Noy Maudi, were murdered on the morning of the October 7 massacre, along with 15 others, while attending the nearby small Psyduck music festival of around 100 people, in the fields between Kibbutz Nir Oz and Kibbutz Nirim, according to KAN 7.10.360’s Digital Memorial Project.