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

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.

Qatar on Wednesday lambasted a probe by Israel’s Shin Bet security agency that named the Gulf state’s money to Gaza over the years as having contributed to Hamas’s buildup of its forces for the October 7,

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.

Team to fly out Monday; Netanyahu holding security consultations as sides remain at loggerheads over how to move forward; Israel said planning escalatory campaign if talks fail

The Shin Bet’s report was published on Tuesday, five days after the military released the result of an investigation saying it had drastically underestimated Hamas’ capabilities and ”failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians”.

Israel's top security agency ignored signs Hamas would attack in October 2023 and was fooled into believing the militant group did not want all-out war, the agency reported in its own inquiry into one of Israel's most devastating security failures.

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 ...