In preparation for the publication of the conclusions of the IDF’s investigation into the performance of the army in Kibbutz Bari during the Shivah attack in October, Avida Bachara resident of Bari who lost his late wife Dana and late son Carmel on Black Sabbath, spoke today (Tuesday) with Ben Caspit Vinon Magal on radio 103fm.
About the situation in Kibbutz Bari at the moment, Becher said: “The factory in Bari is working, they are slowly clearing the ruins so that we can start rebuilding. There is hope for another three years in the built-up Bari. The people are fine, at the moment there are still booms and cannons over the kibbutz so it is difficult to return. We are moving to the premises in a while Two months. The whole community receives Karavilots there. We continue until we return to our small farm.”
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Avida Bacher (Photo: Liron Moldavan)
“Are you asking where is safer? My wife and I traveled in South America and saw a very beautiful volcano that erupts every ten minutes. The farmer returns to the foot of the volcano to build his house. And we will return to the same place, to our small village, because that is where we were born and that is where we will die,” he said Bachar
Regarding Brigadier General Barak Hiram, who took a central role in the battles in Bari and received severe criticism from the residents of the kibbutz immediately following the incident (and even more so regarding the fact that he was to be appointed the next commander of the Gaza Division), Bachar said: “I met Barak Hiram even before the investigation. I told him that I support his every decision. I strongly support his appointment as division commander. On the one hand, people were murdered in large numbers in our neighborhoods, but I know that on the other hand events had to be prioritized. I’m sure he considered all the most correct considerations, and I back him up on all these things.”
“The army on that cursed Sabbath was caught with their underwear down, and if there is one important thing, it is not what it was that day. The number of terrorists was in the thousands. It should be said: guys, we came to this day very weak. We thought they mightn’t beat us, and we need to investigate how we got there For this day,” he added.
He also said: “At this moment in Bari, commanders have fallen and soldiers have fallen. The terrorists controlled our balconies, our roofs, everywhere. We have been promiscuous for 23 years. My eldest son, 23, was born into the situation of the Qassams. We were promiscuous for years, and we need to investigate how we got to this day this”.
Kibbutz Bari following October 7 (Photo: Eric Marmor)
Regarding his hawkish position from a security point of view, he said: “The event at the end is to understand that on the other side of the fence there are terrorists who want to kill us. We are involved in civil defense, and in this place we have to make fateful decisions for our people. One day will come and we will be caught with our pants down once once more.”
Bakr added: “We are not going to destroy Hamas. Hamas is probably going to stay there. The hostage deal should have been done a long time ago. The Qassams are still flying to Bari. Every day there are Qassams encircling Gaza, and we will reach the sixth of October exactly. Therefore, the abductees should be brought home , and we will wait for the next outbreak.”
In summing up his words, Bakr said that in his opinion, all the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip should be “deported. If you look to the left, you see the Egyptians. Where did Hamas get armed like that? Just a puff. It’s not just now that we’re talking regarding a prisoner exchange because we took the Philadelphia axis from them. If we took all The Gaza Strip, there have long been prisoner exchanges in Judea and Samaria, we didn’t understand anything regarding the seven in a month.
