More on the Israeli army probe into October 7 failure

one military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, told The Associated Press:
Military planners had envisioned that, at worst, Hamas could stage a ground invasion from up to eight border points
In fact, Hamas had more than 60 attack routes.

Intelligence assessed in the aftermath of the attack has shown Hamas came close to staging the offensive on 3 earlier occasions, but delayed it for unknown reasons, the official said.

The Israeli military official said intelligence shows that Yahya Sinwar had begun planning it as early as 2017

For the first three hours after the attack, Hamas fighters marauded through border communities and a music festival with little resistance.

It took hours for the military to regain control and days until the area was fully cleared of fighters.

According to the first official, the report, blamed the military:
1. for being overconfident in its knowledge
2. and not showing enough doubt, in its core concepts and beliefs.