Comment by econner

News reports say that Israel had copies of the Oct 7 plans but found it impossible to believe and were convinced hamas didn’t want all out war.

Similar to Pearl Harbor where we also had intelligence of the attack I suppose…

October 7th happened exactly because Israel was over-focusing on Iranian proxies like Hezbollah and underestimated Hamas.

The same way usa can blow up any country in the world but was blindsided by 9/11.

When the element of surprise is involved, the attacker only has to get lucky once,the defender has to be lucky every day.

Offence vs defence.

Netanyahu has long supported Hamas, to his own political ends.

For the downvoters:

‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-q...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up...

Preparation. Surprise attacks work… once. Then, you have to wait for a few years when the enemy side lowers their readiness again.

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