Israel will investigate the failures after the war.
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Representative of the Israeli Defense Forces Masha Mikhelson, in a comment to Ukrinform, said that conclusions regarding the miscalculations of the Israeli defense and security authorities have and will be made, but only after “the country is safe, when people return home, when children and elderly people, who were kidnapped by terrorists will be dismissed when the army finishes fighting.”
Then the authorities will be able to figure out why these miscalculations occurred and “account to citizens,” Mikhelson added.
Earlier, the former head of Mossad called the Hamas attack an intelligence failure.
Israel’s security tactics “failed completely on Saturday,” former Israeli Mossad intelligence chief Danny Yatom told the BBC.
He said that on Saturday, when Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip, “everything went wrong” and “nobody had the slightest idea” what was happening.
Israel’s second layer of defense was insufficient to stop the attacks, reminiscent of how Israel was overrun by surprise 50 years ago when a coalition of Arab states stormed into the country, Yatom said.
Background
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is traditionally considered one of the most combat-ready armies in the world. The Israeli intelligence service Mossad and military intelligence AMAN also have a high reputation, and investigations and conclusions will be all the more painful for the Israeli authorities.
The attack itself was very well organized. According to many commentators, this may mean that the intelligence services of any other country were involved in the planning. The word most often heard in the comments is “Iran,” although no one has yet provided hard evidence.
At the very beginning, Israel received a massive missile attack. The exact number of missile launches is unknown, but they number in the thousands. The Iron Dome missile defense system shot down many missiles, but Hamas managed to “overload” their number.
During the attack, judging by the videos posted on social networks, the Palestinians managed to overcome the protective wall on the border quite easily: the Palestinians broke through it in many places with explosions, overcame it on hang gliders, and broke through checkpoints.
How did they do it? According to some reports, surveillance equipment came under fire and drone strikes. The purpose of such means is to warn of an attack. But, judging by the following events, such a warning, even if it was received, was not done.
The attack was so swift that, after breaking through the protective wall, Hamas militants quickly reached several Israeli military bases.
Judging by the videos, the soldiers in them were not prepared to repel the attack. Some were killed on the territory of military units, others were captured. He said that on Saturday, when Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip, “everything went wrong” and “nobody had the slightest idea” what was happening.
Source: Racurs
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