Six thousand infiltrated Israel from Gaza on October 7

The report also revealed that twice the number of breaches were discovered in the border fence – 119 – as opposed to the previous estimate of 60.

Gunshots and blood stains are seen on a door and walls of a house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza where civilians were killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 (Photo: Getty Images)Getty Images

Posting on X/Twitter, N12 journalist Omri Maniv wrote: “These numbers are simply inconceivable. They are double what we knew, and they further reveal the depth of the failure and the strength of Hamas’s raid.”

The IDF said, in response to the report, that “the operational investigation has not yet been concluded and continues in accordance with the situation assessment and operational constraints. Once it is completed, it will be presented to the public in full transparently.”