They’re fighting a war, so while this is a crucial question, it’s more on the periphery. Yet, with Israeli troops now in the Gaza Strip, having invaded on October 28 and splitting the region in two, some outlets have circled back to something that was brought up days after Hamas’ brutal October 7 attacks that butchered at least 1,200 Israelis: how did Jerusalem miss this?
With the hostage-based ceasefire in effect for a few days—it’s now ended—there was some time to come back to this as there was a pause in the fighting. New documents were made available to some publications, like The New York Times, which has yet to be forgiven for its fake news take about the Gaza hospital bombing. However, their recent story about how Israel missed the attack is one that you probably already knew: the Jewish state didn’t believe Hamas could pull it off. It’s been regarded as Israel’s worst intelligence failure since the Yom Kippur War, an apt comparison, though it’s looking more like how we missed the 9/11 attacks.
