Representatives of the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet) warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for several months before the escalation of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement that the political instability caused by his domestic policies was weakening the country’s stability. Security, but the prime minister ignored the statements of Israeli generals. This was reported by New York Times.
“The Middle East’s most powerful military force not only completely underestimated the scale of the attack, but also completely failed in its intelligence gathering efforts, largely due to hubris and the mistaken assumption that Hamas posed a contained threat,” the publication said. .
The article also notes that on July 24, the day the Israeli parliament approved judicial reform that sparked mass protests, two top generals called on lawmakers to issue urgent warnings about the state’s military situation.
Aharon Haliv, head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate, submitted secret reports claiming that civil unrest was weakening Israel’s defenses. One of the documents showed that leaders of Iran, Hamas, Syria, Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (an organization banned in Russia) were confident that the time had come to attack.
It was noted that only two MPs came to listen to Haliv’s briefing. Netanyahu also refused to meet with Chief of General Staff General Herzi Halevi, who wanted to convey these warnings to the prime minister.
It was previously reported that Israeli Army tanks were seen in the Gaza Strip on the afternoon of October 30. to continue attacker
Hamas had previously stated: will be free foreign hostages “when conditions permit.”