outgoing IDF chief Herzi Halevi said, for instance, Hamas, in the weeks ahead of its invasion and massacre,
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“Hamas was mainly discussing directing attacks from Gaza to be carried out in the West Bank”
Halevi said, this had been raised with the political leadership and had prompted talk about carrying out “targeted strikes [on key Hamas figures] in Gaza”
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“A lot of what we saw [in the hours before the invasion] We attributed to their knowledge? that the cabinet on Sunday might approve a further targeted strike”
How can terroristsHamas have knowledge of Israeli cabinet proceedings?
Halevi said, the IDF’s top brass were updated, on the worrying indications from Gaza, 1. at about 3AM on October 7 — three-and-a-half hours before the attack — plenty time?... 2. and that this was unduly late
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“The General Staff, me included, entered the picture at about 3AM I think that was too late The first signs came at 9 to 9:30 on the [previous] evening… But they were insufficient…”
Halevi said, it was not the case that officers were wary of waking up the chief of staff Rather,
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“everyone who was looking [at the information] believed [what they were seeing in Gaza] was not about to happen now or tomorrow [They thought]: There is something It’s not clear It’s not [something to justify an urgent] alert”
