A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    7 months ago

    Not necessarily. it’s possible it was straight up incompetence.

    That said, I’m extremely skeptical of that, because frankly, the powers that be really, really, wanted this war.

    • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 months ago

      They (Israel) can’t claim they didn’t know where Hamas cells were hiding before the attack, and somehow know where they are after the attack. That is why the response is total bullshit. If they knew where to strike beforehand, they would have done it. It’s all a power play at the cost of many lives on both sides.

    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Incompetently taking measures is still taking measures, but I see what you mean.

      Incompetently attempting measures and then covering up their failure would be tantamount to having willfully ignored it.