”Swords of Iron”
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IDF: During the last hour, IDF fighter jets struck three military headquarters belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/ruzYf0agEt
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:59am on 08 Oct 2023,Sunday International
"We have no idea how this could have happened" is the stunned admission from Israeli officials given to the BBC when asked how the Hamas infiltration could happened. The statement reflects the deep failures of Israel's vaunted intelligence services to foresee Hamas's audacious cross-border attack. Despite Israel's pervasive surveillance and informant networks in Gaza and beyond, Hamas militants stealthily amassed thousands of rockets and breached the border fence for a complex, multi-pronged assault. The lapse evokes memories of Israel's intelligence debacle preceding the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Painful questions are being asked about how Hamas outfoxed the system, achieving total strategic and tactical surprise. An intensive investigation has begun, but the damage is already done to Israel's image of intelligence omniscience.
