Agencies – Times of Israel Oct 9, 2023
Prime Minister Netanyahu (left) meets with Defence Minister Gallant (centre) and military chiefs at IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv on Oct 8, 2023. Click to enlarge
Mounting questions over Israel’s massive intelligence failure to anticipate and prepare for a surprise Hamas assault were compounded Monday when an Egyptian intelligence official said that Jerusalem had ignored repeated warnings that the Gaza-based terror group was planning “something big” — which included an apparent direct notice from Cairo’s intelligence minister to the prime minister.
The Egyptian official said Egypt, which often serves as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, had spoken repeatedly with the Israelis about “something big,” without elaborating.
He said Israeli officials were focused on the West Bank and played down the threat from Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is made up of supporters of West Bank settlers who have demanded a security crackdown there in the face of a rising tide of violence over the last 18 months.
“We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it would be big. But they underestimated such warnings,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the content of sensitive intelligence discussions with the media, told The Associated Press.
Netanyahu denied receiving any such advance warning, saying in the course of an address to the nation Monday night that the story was “fake news.”
“No early message came from Egypt and the prime minister did not speak or meet with the intelligence chief since the establishment of the government — not indirectly or directly,” his office said in a statement earlier in the day.
In one of the said warnings, Egypt’s Intelligence Minister General Abbas Kamel personally called Netanyahu only 10 days before the massive attack that Gazans were likely to do “something unusual, a terrible operation,” according to the Ynet news site.
Unnamed Egyptian officials told the site they were shocked by Netanyahu’s indifference to the news and said the premier told the minister the military was “submerged” in troubles in the West Bank.
However, Israel was not only reportedly ignoring clear warnings from its allies.
For Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s eyes are never very far away. Surveillance drones buzz constantly in the skies. The highly secured border is awash with security cameras and soldiers on guard. Intelligence agencies work sources and cyber capabilities to draw out information.
But Israel’s eyes appeared to have been closed in the lead-up to the surprise onslaught by the Hamas terror group, which broke through Israeli border barriers and sent hundreds of terrorists into Israel to carry out a brazen attack that killed over 700 people and wounded over 2,000.
Israel’s intelligence agencies have gained an aura of invincibility over the decades because of a string of achievements. Israel has foiled plots seeded in the West Bank, allegedly hunted down Hamas operatives in Dubai and has been accused of killing Iranian nuclear scientists in the heart of Iran. Even when their efforts have stumbled, agencies like the Mossad, Shin Bet and military intelligence have maintained their mystique.
But the weekend’s assault, which caught Israel off guard on a major Jewish holiday, plunges that reputation into doubt and raises questions about the country’s readiness in the face of a weaker but determined foe. Over 48 hours after the start of the attack, Hamas terrorists continued to battle Israeli forces inside Israeli territory, and over 100 Israelis were in Hamas captivity in Gaza.
“This is a major failure,” said Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This operation actually proves that the [intelligence] abilities in Gaza were no good.”
So many parallels to 9-11.
Now the finding of 40 dead babies and young children, some of them beheaded?
Remember the story of Saddam’s troops throwing babies from incubators during the invasion
of Kuwait in 1990 – later found to be a fabrication spun on the Western media by a Kuwaiti princess?
They are laying it on thick.
Like previous false flags, warnings were given but the attacked left the door open so that the rats could enter. This war will grow and grow until the whole world is involved.
I think it was all prepared to allow Hamas flying in with a number? of paraglyders, I saw maybe 7 ..? The killing of a lot of people in no time at a rave and other civilians, they must have had ISIS fighters ready for action, their fingerprints are all over this. Since Hamas on their Telegram channel rejected all accusations of killing any citizens or elderly.
BE SURE ! Mossad did not ignore ! they waited that
it happens like FD Roosevelt waited for the japanese
at Pearl Harbour that they run into the knife .
same way Mossad used Hamas !
“This is a major failure,” said Jaakof Amidroar, a former rational security adviser to Crime Minister Ben Jamin’ Netanyaju. “This operation actually proves that the intelligence abilities in Gaza were no good.”
WRONG!
This operation actually proves that the intelligence abilities in Israel are no good!
There, fixed it. You’re welcome. 😎
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Tonight they had Alistair Crooke, former diplomat and MI6 spy.
Okay, I bash MI6, but I don’t believe they’re all raving Nazis at heart..
The linked video, which I am sure some of you watched, is 1h 20m long.
You won’t find content this rich very often. Crooke dominates precedings. His analysis of Israel and Hamas is brilliant! This is up to the 35m mark, but I suggest you watch all of it.
Brilliant analysis of Israel and Russia/UKraine, and while Crooke doesn’t say it, he explains the NWO NATO as Nazis.
This is a must watch if you want to understand what is going on.
https://youtu.be/0IKCo3MVW1o?si=LTrDHjTpJRIYcm-2
This is to kill 2 million Palestinians, and drive all the other survivors in the west bank to move to Jordan or Europe. It’s the big move, with a blood holocaust sacrifice of 1200 Jews to make the killing of millions acceptable to witless gentiles of the west.
It’s easy for me now–kill as many religious liars as you want; they have had two centuries or more to start learning
Arnie is right, this was a ritual sacrifice of a few thousand poor jews that none of the Big Wigs care about. In exchange they will take effective control of the whole territory.