Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Thursday evening released the complete timeline of the morning of October 7, 2023, i24NEWS reports. The schedule confirms that the first security assessment began 3.5 hours after the Hamas-led assault commenced and includes the exact time of the prime minister's first conversation with the IDF chief of staff, according to the document.
The Prime Minister's Office on Thursday evening published the complete official timeline of the morning of October 7, 2023 — the deadliest terror attack in Israel's history. According to the document, the first security assessment with top defense officials began at 09:55, approximately 3.5 hours after the Hamas-led assault commenced at approximately 06:29. The schedule also specifies the exact time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first spoke with IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, a detail that has been the subject of public debate and conflicting accounts.
This publication follows a series of reports earlier today that gradually built the picture. At 19:50 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Netanyahu himself confirmed the first security assessment began 3.5 hours into the attack. Minutes later, at 19:54 Jerusalem, ynet quoted the 'October Council' as stating that according to the prime minister's schedule, he had not spoken with the chief of staff for three hours that morning. The office's official timeline now substantiates and expands on those claims, providing a detailed minute-by-minute account of the prime minister's morning.
The release is the latest development in an ongoing national inquiry into the October 7 failures. As The Zioneer reported on August 31, Netanyahu had previously said the public should 'wait until the protocols are revealed' to know the full truth. Earlier, in a report published September 1, Netanyahu alleged that defense officials had 'deliberately' failed to wake him on the morning of the attack — a claim the PM's timeline does not directly address.
The PMO has not commented on whether additional protocols, internal communications, or the broader security cabinet discussions referenced by Netanyahu will be made public. The document released Thursday covers only the prime minister's personal timeline and does not speak to the overall military response or the chain of command decisions in the early hours of that day.
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