Missed Warning Signs? The Intelligence Failures Before Iran's Attack

Despite Israel's formidable intelligence capabilities, Hamas was able to plan and execute the deadliest attack since the country was founded in 1948. Hamas-led militants killed and kidnapped scores of Israelis, and Israel has retaliated with an ongoing war in the Palestinian territory. Investigation reveals how incorrect assessments, failure to correctly interpret intelligence, and gaps in intelligence and deterrence led the Shin Bet to miss the warning signs of the 10/7. Histories of the Pearl Harbor attack properly devote much attention to intelligence warnings about the attack —or their absence. But this literature customarily underplays a subset of three immediate tactical warnings of the attack on the morning of December 7, 1941. 9 hours of warning signs : The missed signals that led to 1,320 deaths and a seven-front war IDF investigations into the October 7th attack reveal that Israel's security concept failed due to false assumptions about Hamas’s intentions, underestimating their plans for a large-scale assault and over-relying on defensive barriers. Intelligence failures were compounded by missed warning signs, including a Hamas-produced TV series, “The Free Fist ," which depicted scenes eerily similar to the October 7 attack. In the groupthink assumptions of 1973, the military command firmly believed and asserted that the Egyptian Army would not launch a war with Israel before 1975, as long as they were not equipped with attack aircraft and missiles that would enable them to hit targets In Israel. Understand how U.S. Intelligence failed to anticipate the 9/11 attacks, despite growing threats and warning signs . (NewsNation) — After the deadliest attack in Israel in decades, questions are being raised about how U.S. And Israeli intelligence services missed the warning signs of an attack by Hamas . In a significant development, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, has received preliminary findings from the Intelligence Division’s investigation. The intelligence failures experienced before the attack on Pearl Harbor severely undermined military readiness. A lack of timely and accurate information hindered the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s ability to anticipate and prepare for a Japanese strike, leaving it vulnerable.