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Retired General Roni Numa Critiques Intelligence Failures Before Hamas Attack

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First reported by Kan News · Jul 4, 2026

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Retired Major General Roni Numa, leading the review of Israel's intelligence failure before Hamas's October 7 attack, criticized reliance on technology over human expertise and stressed understanding Hamas's culture and language. The investigation seeks to uncover why Hamas's plans were missed despite years of intelligence and aims to improve future security approaches.

01Roni Numa leads investigation into intelligence failure before October 7 Hamas attack.
02He criticizes reliance on technology over Arabic language and cultural expertise.
03Hamas's attack plans were undetected for nearly a decade despite available intelligence.
04Investigation focuses on understanding why failure occurred and lessons for future.
05Numa calls for restoring initiative and creativity akin to Palmach spirit in IDF.
06Speech to Text technology was wrongly used instead of human Arabic experts on October 7.

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