Ex-Shin Bet Official Calls for Full Probe Into October 7 Failures
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS Arabic by baba
Former Shin Bet deputy head Yisrael Hasson is demanding a full investigation into the intelligence failures preceding the October 7 Hamas attack. His call comes amid public disagreements between senior officials, including Avi Gill and Ronen Bar, which contradict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's narrative. Hasson criticized the public blame game and the lack of specific warnings despite the attack's scale, emphasizing the comprehensive intelligence view held by the Prime Minister's Military Secretary.
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- Former Shin Bet deputy head Yisrael Hasson demands a full investigation into October 7 failures.
- Conflicting statements from Avi Gill and Ronen Bar contradict Benjamin Netanyahu's account.
- Hasson cited a lack of specific intelligence warnings despite the attack's 3,000 participants.
- He noted the comprehensive intelligence view held by the Prime Minister's Military Secretary.
- Hasson criticized senior officials for publicly trading blame instead of investigating failures.
Former Shin Bet deputy head Yisrael Hasson has called for a comprehensive investigation into the failures surrounding the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. His appeal follows conflicting statements from Avi Gill, the Military Secretary to the then-Prime Minister, and Ronen Bar, the then-head of the Shin Bet, which contradict the account of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding events before and after the attack.
Hasson expressed concern over senior security and political officials publicly trading blame instead of conducting a thorough examination of the failures. He recounted attending a four-and-a-half-hour internal Shin Bet inquiry session, noting that the quality of an investigation is measured by the questions it fails to ask. Hasson stated he left the session without answers, despite the investigators having asked all the questions he could think of.
He highlighted the scale of the October 7 attack and the absence of specific prior intelligence warnings, emphasizing that despite 3,000 participants, "we had no tangible warning." Hasson asserted that the Prime Minister's Military Secretary possesses a more comprehensive intelligence picture than any single intelligence agency might have at a given moment.
According to Hasson, the Military Secretary's office, staffed by 15 officers, has access to all Israeli intelligence. This office is responsible for consolidating intelligence estimates from various agencies and presenting them to the Prime Minister in an organized manner. This process aims to prevent confusion by clearly indicating the sources of information, such as "This is what the Shin Bet says, this is what Military Intelligence says, this is what the Mossad says, and this is what a hundred other entities say."
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