Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has said it “failed in its mission” to prevent Hamas’ October 7 attack by ignoring repeated warning signs.

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The Shin Bet also revealed that SIM cards and sensors along the border were activated ahead of time but were ignored.

Security agency's report largely shifts blame to other bodies, cites unclear division of responsibilities with IDF, government's overly defensive Gaza policies The post Shin Bet probe: Oct. 7 would have been prevented if we’d acted differently appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), Ronen Bar, failed in the handling of the response to the October 7 massacre, a message attributed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's inner circle stated on Tuesday. The statement came following the Shin Bet release of its probe into the massacre on Tuesday.

The Shin Bet security service's internal report reveals critical intelligence failures and blames Israeli leadership, particularly Netanyahu.

The agency viewed the phones' activation as routine, since the terrorist organization had carried out "similar tests" the previous year.

Shin Bet has implicitly blamed the country’s political leadership for the October 7 attack, saying it was thwarted in its efforts to act on what it knew.

Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has said it “failed in its mission” to prevent Hamas’ October 7 attack by ignoring repeated warning signs. Shin Bet’s chief, Ronen Bar, said in a ...