The ramifications of Hamas's surprise attack on Israel are profound. This invasion has shredded both Israel's security and its assessments of the Palestinian terrorist group/political party. As I see it, there are three immediate points of consideration.
“This is Israel’s 9/11. Not since 1973 has there been such a catastrophic intelligence failure in Israel," said one U.S. intel expert. A senior U.S. official said, "We were not tracking this."
By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Evan Perez, Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — American officials said Saturday they received no warning through intelligence that Hamas was preparing to attack Israel, leading to confusion among some at how Israel failed to detect signs of th…
Hamas' brazen terror attacks caught Israel by surprise. Aside from their deadliness, the attacks have also dealt a blow to Israelis' sense of security.
Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
Observers point to shortage of intel on Gaza, too few troops on the border, and an underestimation of danger as causes for Hamas incursions at start of hostilities
Egypt warned Israel about an attack from Hamas three days before the weekend assault, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said on Wednesday.
The US intelligence community produced at least two assessments based in part on intelligence provided by Israel warning the Biden administration of an increased risk for Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the weeks ahead of Saturday’s seismic attack on southern Israel, according to sources familiar wi…
The CIA produced analysis in late September and early October containing vague warnings of violence coming from Gaza but did not predict the Oct. 7 attack.
U.S. officials said Friday that intelligence alerts were circulated in Washington in early October, based partly on information shared by Israel, that warned of a heightened risk of violence by Hamas. But the officials cautioned that the alerts, first reported by CNN, didn't come close to predicting
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