Hamas’ rockets and Iron Dome air defence missiles overTel-Aviv.
India TV – Oct 8, 2023
An unprecedented rocket attack and infiltration by air, sea, and land in Israel by the Hamas militant group has raised concerns about a major failure of the Jewish country’s intelligence agencies and defence systems as the death toll continues to rise.
Militants from the Hamas group that rules the Gaza Strip, fired over 3,000 rockets toward Israel on Saturday daybreak, killing more than 600 people. Several fighters of the group breached the heavily fortified border using paragliders and kidnapped 100 Israelis, including civilians and soldiers, and took them to Gaza, according to the Times of Israel.
In retaliation, Israel carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip as part of its operation ‘Iron Swords’ that claimed the lives of 370 Palestinians. Heavy gunfighting continued will after midnight, with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) claiming to have killed around 400 Hamas militants.
Amid the chaos, all eyes are on Israel’s famed defence system, known as the Iron Dome, which is known for its state-of-the-art defence capability and interception of rockets from miles away. Israel’s intelligence agencies Shin Bet and Mossad have also attracted concern as to how Hamas were able to display such a surprising show of strength in one of the deadliest attacks on Israel.
Why did the Iron Dome fail?
The Iron Dome is a ground-to-air defence system that comprises a radar and interceptor missiles which are capable of tracking and neutralising any rockets or missiles fired towards targets in Israel. It is particularly useful in defending against rockets, artillery and mortars, as well as aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The Dome has a range of close to 70 km and has three crucial components, Detection and Tracking radar, Battle Management and Weapons Control and the Missile Launcher armed with 20 Tamir Missiles. It is reportedly capable of handling multiple rocket attacks and has a 90% success rate.
However, in the latest onslaught of the Hamas militants, the Iron Dome found itself overpowered by the 3,000-something rockets that were fired from the Gaza Strip. The Times of Israel reported that the defence system experienced a “technical error” during one of the barrages, which resulted in the rockets not being intercepted before they landed in populated areas.
As the attack took place on daybreak, Israeli forces found themselves caught completely off-guard despite being a technological powerhouse and its experience in handling terrorist attacks. The malfunction made things worse, exposing gaps in the country’s protection measures against such strikes.
“The entire system failed. It’s not just one component. It’s the entire defense architecture that evidently failed to provide the necessary defense for Israeli civilians. This is a Pearl Harbor-type of moment for Israel, where there was reality up until today, and then there will be reality after today,” CNN quoted Jonathan Conricus, a former international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces.
Although the Israeli Air Force quickly resolved the issue, authorities paid a heavy price as hundreds of civilians were killed in the strikes, raising concerns about Israel’s overall capability to defend itself against rocket strikes. The Iron Dome has seen similar malfunctions in the past, such as in the 2021 Israel-Palestine conflict, where a rocket barrage toward Ashkelon was not intercepted and two women were killed.
Israel’s intelligence agencies
Israel’s domestic intelligence unit Shin Bet and its external agency Mossad have been the country’s source of pride due to their efficiency. However, despite their reputation, they were also unaware of the impending attack and were caught by surprise in the attacks by Hamas militants.
According to reports, Israeli ministers said that the military must provide answers about the failure of its intelligence, while some experts felt that Israel was too engrossed in countering Iran and neglected its own backyard.
“Every Israeli citizen wants to know how this failure was possible? Why are the Chief of Staff and Intelligence chief not here now? We need more information,” said Israeli Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis. Another report by the Jerusalem Post suggested that the perception of Hamas being isolated, lacking funds and being afraid of an Israeli response had led people into a false sense of security.
Analysts have been left puzzled as to how the combined efforts of the Shin Bet, Mossad and the IDF failed to see the attack coming or act immediately to it. Some experts have also blamed Israel’s internal divide in the wake of a judicial overhaul that led to massive protests against the government.
Several experts also zeroed in on the “extraordinary levels” of planning, preparation and operational security by the Hamas group to carry out such a large-scale attack on Israeli soil. “This is an incredible message on the part of the Palestinians and Hamas that they were able to gather all these weapons and (carry out) multiple massive attacks,” said a CNN analyst.
The latest offensive launched by Hamas brought back painful memories of the October 1973 war practically 50 years to the day, in which Israel was caught by surprise by an attack on Yom Kippur by a coalition of Arab States including Egypt and Syria. The war went on for 18 days till a ceasefire was declared.
What is happening now in Israel?
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already said that the country was at war. IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari on Sunday called the Hamas attack a “war crime” and asserted that whoever took part “will pay the price”, possibly referring to a land attack.
The IDF said that schools across the entire country will remain closed in the coming days. In addition, businesses south of Netanya and north of the central Negev can only be opened if there is ready access to bomb shelters, according to the military.
Around 2,200 people have been wounded in the rocket attacks by Hamas. The flare-up on Israel’s northern border also threatened to draw into the battle Hezbollah, a fierce enemy of Israel that is backed by Iran and estimated to have tens of thousands of rockets at its disposal.
Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets and shells Sunday at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the border, and Israel’s military fired back using armed drones. Two children were lightly wounded by broken glass on the Lebanese side, according to the nearby Marjayoun Hospital.
(with agency inputs)
Why I believe the Middle East situation is directly linked to the Russian SMO in UKraine.
Netanyahu had no joy at the UN general assembly over more action on Iran, and the Nazi US is juggling too many balls, so this is tail wagging the dog, and Iranian intelligence suspected Israel was going to launch a daring attack on Iran, so Hamas was ordered to strike Israel.
It might sound counter intuitive for Iran to do this, but they probably figured it was going to happen, so acted preemptively.
If you believe your country is going to be attacked by the Nazi Jews, what have you got to lose (I’m a poet & I know it)?
As far as the Nazi Amerikans are concerned, some who are very close to Israel, will have said, ‘You need to move yourself onto the front burner, then you’ll get noticed’, & we need a new narrative, cus our butt has been kicked in UKraine.
I am sure that Russian, Iranian, and Chinese intelligence all agreed that a strike on Iran was imminent. You don’t sit around waiting for a bloody nose, and likely radioactive fallout from ruptured nuke facilities.
I don’t believe this was an intelligence failure. Like the Nazi double fake in Ottawa, many are saying this Hamas attack required Israeli treachery, so eliments within Israel falicitated the breach in Israeli defenses, and Iron Dome never had a 90% strike rate.
The USS Gerald R. Ford was due to make a 3 day stopover in Marseille, but has now being routed to the Eastern Mediterranean. Note, the Ford isn’t carrying useless F35’s, funny that. I believe it’s main aircraft are F18s, but here’s the rub, some of the tubs in this carrier strike group carry 100 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and they can hit Iran from the Med. They can also hit Crimea!
IMHO, there’s zero strategic benefit in moving the Ford to the Eastern Mediterranean in order to fight Hamas and Hezbollah. Mind you, there’s been talk about Israel attacking Lebanon for a few years.
Bibi gives the game away, when he tells his Nazi sheeple to prepare for a long war. My, how they fall, & I thought Israel did wars in six days?
I expect the Nazi fake news to build the narrative that Iran was behind the Hamas attack, but some Nazi Jews let them in.
children are often kidnapped in palestine
and put into prisons
they are starved and sexually abused to make up stories on their parents
they are fitted with small transmitters and let go
everything then said in the home goes to shin bet
these folk are evil
two of histories greatest figures tried to stop them jesus christ and adolf hitler
please god third time lucky
“Why did Israel’s Iron Dome fail? Concerns rise over intelligence failure after Hamas surprise attack” Oh man…
Problem reaction solution to build Greater ISrahell. Who created Hamas? Exactly. It’s all a gargantuan joke.
Weapons of ‘new physics’ in operation.
Scrambling the airwaves so badly that when the Israeli PM calls his defense minister the call is routed to his mistress.
I hope the US armada patrolling the Eastern Mediterranean is to ensure the 911 atrocities and Covid-1984 perps do not escape to UKraine.
The thing to keep in mind is that it appears the Nazis miscalculated on UKraine and Russian resilience.
The Nazis should by now be sorting Iran, or China, or Venezuela.
Very hard at this time for even the Nazis, and I include Israel, because they’ve never complained about WW2 Nazi officers being inducted into the CIA, to conduct two wars, unless there’s extream provocation.
This Hamas attack has been called Israel’s 9/11, which is rather apt, given their at least partial involvement in 9/11, but I make further observations. Much of the fake news reporting is a copy of 9/11, or even Diana.
At the moment, we can’t be sure what elements of the attack are real, or even carried out by Israel themselves.
We see a flack jacketed reporter on a high building, or high ground, but I think a high building, and then we see a tower/ skyscraper in the background, perfectly framed, and then we are lead to believe a missile hit the roof, plumb center. Impressive timing and framing, and if you look at the pyrotechnics, it looks like fuel exploding on the roof, very Hollywood in style. This is reminiscent of 9/11, and what better way to take the piss out of 9/11, and their Nazi involvement.
So yeh, looks like this was a set up, and Hamas was sucked in.
Why did the Iron Dome fail, allowing most of the officers of Israel’s Southern Command to be captured or killed? A “technical fault”, some reports say. Somebody pulled a switch and shut it down.
All the liberals cheering this on should stop and remember something. Now that liberals have obliged the Armed Forces of the West to admit and train Muslims infiltrating their ranks at every level, especially in computer technology, how easy is it for them to leak information to their fellow Caliphate members in the Middle East? If they can do that to Israel, they can do that to the West.
Notice also that the videos of “Palestinians” capturing and torturing women show that many are Africans, not Palestinians at all. African illegal immigrants threatened with deportation by Netanyahu’s government? Do all the cheering liberal women in the West think they will be spared?
Remember what the Bible says: “Never let the enemy into the camp.”
I say now is the time to start burning down syngogues and jews houses
who is with me ?
email now
I’ve just been listening to an ex CIA analyst, an he says intel failure, and I say bollox. Isreali intel prides itself on have ears in Hamas and Hezbollah. So this idea that Israel was cought off guard is a load of rubbish.
Putin should be very concerned, because the Nazi NWO sect doesn’t recognise Crimea as Russian.
Absurd assertion that this was a failure of defense system or Israel was caught off guard. Israel has the most sophisticated intelligence and surveillance network in the world. If a lizard crawls across the desert sand Israel knows about it. Hamas fighters flying into Israel on hang gliders ? Hilarious — they’re trolling us with this shit.
This is all a psyop/ false flag to justify extermination and/or expulsion of remaining Palestinian population and also may result in invasion and implosion of Lebanon just like Iraq and Syria. This has all been scripted out long ago. BTW , from a strategic,operational standpoint , Israel’s flanks–Lebanon and Gaza must be secured before Iran can be attacked, .which will be the coup de grace or final piece of the remaining puzzle for Israeli hegemony in the region.
Absurd assertion that this was a failure of defense system or Israel was caught off guard. Israel has the most sophisticated intelligence and surveillance network in the world. If a lizard crawls across the desert sand Israel knows about it. Hamas fighters flying into Israel on hang gliders ? Hilarious — they’re trolling us with this shit.
This is all a psyop/ false flag to justify extermination and/or expulsion of remaining Palestinian population and also may result in invasion and implosion of Lebanon just like Iraq and Syria. This has all been scripted out long ago. BTW , from a strategic,operational standpoint , Israel’s flanks-Lebanon and Gaza must be secured before Iran can be attacked, .which will be the coup de grace or final piece of the remaining puzzle for Israeli hegemony in the region.
What is Iron Dome? A fantasy, it’s amazing how much short memory inflicts the Eurangloland.
It wasn’t that long ago Israel was screaming to the US that it needed more missiles because it wasted nearly a 100 on a Palestinian rocket attack not that long ago. Just look at the S300 Russian system and what it takes to counteract the incoming. It and S400 and future S500 is the best man can produce. Iron Dome exists in your mind as the intention. Israel is not as strong as you think and it has always shuddered at the thought of an outright collective attack by the Muslim world hence the division tactics same as an outright attack by Eurangloland hence the need for control. Israel had the backing of the British aristocracy and American Christians because of the last apostasy it was placed as a wedge in the M.E. The ultimate gain for the City the world island. However Russia is not going to allow its North South corridor to be intercepted so Iran is off limits leaving China the last attempt. Israel will be discarded because it can’t achieve the dream and its time to wake up and get out of bed.
Israel ‘s agents in Gaza could very well have been double agents. And Israel could very well have let it happen, to have a final solution of the Palestinians.