The Middle East’s most powerful security apparatus had been caught off-guard in a broad attack that has left hundreds dead.
| Hamas’ attack on Saturday took Israeli intelligence officials by surprise, particularly the methods the militants used to enter and leave Israel, according to a senior defence official familiar with the information collected about the group.
Israel is traditionally perceived as the strongest intelligence power in the region, with extensive coverage of the Gaza Strip. And in recent months, Israeli intelligence did repeatedly warn that a military conflict could flare up because Iran and affiliated militias have perceived Israel as weakened byStill, while Israeli intelligence collected some indications that Hamas was planning a major operation, they were far from forming a clear picture, one of the officials added.
For its part, Israel in past years has responded with its enormous firepower, usually from aircraft, against targets in Gaza and has. But it has launched very limited ground manoeuvres. Israel continued to act this way even though it knew that both Hamas and Palestinian Jihad have received funding, training, weapons and advanced combat and intelligence gear from Iran, three officials said, and that the militant groups were becoming stronger.
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