The Likud says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was first informed of the Hamas attack at 06:29 on Oct. 7 and received no advance warning. The party cites intelligence assessments from May, July and October that, it says, described Hamas as seeking stability or calm.
The Likud says Netanyahu was first informed of the Hamas attack at 06:29 on Oct. 7. The party cites intelligence reports dated May 31 and July 23, plus statements it attributes to research chief Amit Saar on Oct. 1 and the Shin Bet on Oct. 3, as evidence that security officials assessed Hamas as seeking calm or stability. The statement also accuses Channel 12 of political propaganda and argues that Netanyahu would have acted differently if briefed in real time.
In separate earlier reports, The Zioneer reported on Sep. 1 that Netanyahu claimed defense officials had deliberately failed to wake him on Oct. 7. On Sep. 9, The Zioneer reported that Netanyahu’s testimony to the state comptroller alleged that the Shin Bet had assessed the chance of a broad conflict as low shortly before the attack. On Oct. 1, The Zioneer reported Netanyahu’s statement in a CBS interview that he had received no warnings before the attack.
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