Israel’s top domestic security agency ignored signs Hamas would attack in October 2023 and its attempts to thwart threats were not implemented, its inquiry has found.
Israel’s top domestic security agency ignored signs Hamas would attack in October 2023 and was fooled into believing the militant group did not want all-out war, the agency reported in its inquiry into one of the country’s most devastating security failures.
A woman walks with an Israeli flag near the hme of the Kunio family after it was burnt during the October 7, 2023 attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz.Whereas the army concluded it underestimated Hamas’ capabilities, the Shin Bet said it had a “deep understanding of the threat”. In veiled criticism of the government, it said its attempts to thwart the threat were not implemented.
As the sun sets, Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday.More than 48,000 people have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since then, according to Palestinian health officials, with the small enclave largely destroyed and most of its 2.3 million people displaced, humanitarian agencies say.
The Israeli military’s findings focused on tactical, battle and intelligence failures before, during and in the days after the attack. The armed forces chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi,But the political establishment has so far avoided a reckoning despite repeated calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold a full national inquiry.
Palestinian Jori Abu Tueima, 7, injured in an Israeli ground and air offensive on Gaza, sits in an ambulance as the first group of Gaza children arrives in Jordan for medical treatment on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Economy Minister Nir Barkat said Israel’s defence policy has taken on a black-or-white approach, and the country won’t be willing to compromise security on any of its borders.
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