Netanyahu Warned of Oct. 7 Attack Days Before, Report Claims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received intelligence warnings days before the October 7th Hamas attacks but did not update the military or the Shin Bet security agency, according to a report by Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval. The report suggests this lack of dissemination of critical information may have contributed to the intelligence failure that allowed the unprecedented assault to occur.

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