At the time, Amidror headed the intelligence unit of the “Gaza” division, which is responsible for the Gaza Strip and the border with it. The officer’s name can now be published: he sought to keep the ban in place, but the Supreme Court lifted it.
A few days before the attack, an employee of Unit 8200’s signals intelligence division sent a letter to several officers, including Amidror. She warned that the “Jericho Wall” plan had already been rehearsed by militants in exercises and would be carried out at the first order, and Amidror replied that “the scenario described is entirely a figment of imagination”.
A few months before the attack, according to the publication, he also considered reports from observers at the Nahal Oz base to be insignificant. They reported that Hamas militants were training several times a day, digging holes, and planting explosives near the border.
The officer’s father, retired general and former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror, regularly commented on security issues on television without mentioning his son’s role. In November 2025, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir dismissed Amidror along with several senior officers.
Amidror challenged the dismissal in court for months and officially left the army only in September 2026. Unlike some other military personnel, he never accepted responsibility and did not resign on his own. As The New York Times wrote, more than a year before the attack, the Israeli military had a 40-page step-by-step attack plan, but it was not taken seriously, as they believed Hamas lacked the resources. During the October 7, 2023 attack, about 1,200 people were killed, and another 251 were taken to Gaza.
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