Netanyahu Warned of Oct. 7 Attack, Did Not Inform IDF or Shin Bet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received intelligence warnings days before the October 7th Hamas attack, but did not update the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) or the Shin Bet security agency, according to a report by Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval. The report suggests this failure to act on the intelligence may explain the shock and paralysis experienced by Netanyahu in the initial days following the massacre.
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