Netanyahu Office Publishes Minute‑by‑Minute Oct. 7 Timeline

Overview

• The Prime Minister’s Office released the timeline Thursday to rebut recent reporting about the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack and set out a minute‑by‑minute account of Netanyahu’s actions that morning.
• The office says Netanyahu was first told an attack was underway at 6:29 a.m., had a follow‑up call at 6:44 a.m., left for the Kirya at 7:30 a.m., and—per the PMO—arrived at about 8:00 a.m., a time that Shin Bet records dispute.
• The PMO says a Shin Bet situation assessment prepared at 5:15 a.m. was only delivered to the prime minister’s military secretary at 9:47 a.m., a gap at the center of arguments about who knew what and when.
• At 9:55 a.m. Netanyahu convened a larger situation assessment with the defense minister, IDF chief of staff, Mossad and Shin Bet directors and then ordered the Gaza border sealed, a full reservist mobilization, a wartime directive, and preparations for a northern front.
• The release has sharpened political and media scrutiny rather than resolving it, with right‑leaning outlets largely relaying the PMO account and other outlets highlighting discrepancies over arrival times and briefing logs that could carry legal and electoral consequences.