The mission reportedly failed to identify Mengistu, and also did not detect Hamas' preparations for an attack, sources familiar with the matter told KAN.
The IDF carried out a special mission to locate Ethiopian Israeli Avera Mengistu on October 6, 2023, a day before the October 7 massacre , according to a report by Israeli public broadcaster KAN News on Wednesday.
The mission reportedly failed to identify Mengistu, and also did not detect Hamas' preparations for an attack , sources familiar with the matter told KAN.
The report also noted that the Mengistu family had not been informed of the mission while it was happening, and that they only learned of it long after it had occured.
Mengistu came back home earlier this year, during the ceasefire reached with Hamas in February 2025, after 11 years of captivity in Gaza.
