Hamas Attack Raises Questions Over an Israeli Intelligence Failure
American and Israeli officials said none of Israel’s intelligence services had specific warning that Hamas was preparing a sophisticated assault.
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American and Israeli officials said none of Israel’s intelligence services had specific warning that Hamas was preparing a sophisticated assault.
A senior Israeli defense official said that an early estimate showed about 700 Israelis were believed to be dead, and Gaza officials said more than 400 Palestinians have been killed.
Palestinian militants from Gaza raided Israel on Saturday, killing and abducting hundreds. Survivors have begun to recount the most complex attack on their territory in half a century.
A former deputy national security advisor for Israel is calling the attack by Hamas this weekend an “earthquake” for the country and people’s sense of security.
The attack by Hamas forces Israel once again to confront the conflict that has haunted it since the creation of the modern state.
German Chancellor OIaf Scholz stressed the need to avoid a wider “conflagration” in the Middle East as street battles between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters continued Sunday.
The Islamist militant group that controls Gaza has taken its attacks on Israel to a new level, building on decades of hostilities.
The Islamist militant group that controls Gaza has taken its attacks on Israel to a new level, building on decades of hostilities.
The broad attack by Palestinian militants, which Hamas viewed as mostly successful, revealed some significant failures.
Palestinian militants from Gaza launched an early-morning assault on southern Israel, invading towns and firing thousands of rockets. Israel retaliated with huge strikes on Gazan cities.