Israel’s advanced surveillance of Palestinians makes scenes of Hamas gunmen moving through its streets all the more astounding
Palestinians celebrate on Saturday 7 October as an Israeli military vehicle burns after it was hit by Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel.Palestinians celebrate on Saturday 7 October as an Israeli military vehicle burns after it was hit by Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel.Gunmen kidnapped and murdered Israelis in the southern border communities, filming their assault as they advanced in numerous locations.
Members of militant groups inside Israeli prisons have also historically been targeted for intelligence efforts, all of which makes Israel’s being unsighted on the planned Hamas attack all the more surprising.
What is clear is that at several points in the build-up, potential preparations were missed: planning, stockpiling, but most crucially, in the immediate run-up to the Hamas offensive when its fighters were mustering and approaching border areas overseen by regular patrols, cameras, ground motion sensors and remote-controlled mini-cannon in places which in the past have proved effective against attempts to storm the border fence.
Even as firefights continued with Hamas infiltrators in Israeli communities in southern Israel, the Israeli media was asking the inevitable question: how this could have been allowed to happen on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war, itself regarded as a colossal intelligence failure when Israel was attacked by an Aran coalition.
Even when Netanyahu did finally speak, it was to reflect an Israeli political and security establishment profoundly shaken. This was not an “operation” or a “round” of fighting he stated, but a state of war.
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