CONFLICTED

How Netanyahu Failed to Prevent October 7

Donnerstag, 16. Juli 2026 · 1 h 02

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In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Thomas talks with Yaakov Katz, the former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post and co-author of ⁠While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East⁠ (read.macmillan.com/lp/while-israel-slept-97812…).

Yaakov explains:

• October 7 intelligence failure and Israel’s missed warnings

• Hamas’s ‘Jericho Walls’ plan and ignored Unit 8200 alerts

• The Israeli conceptzia: why leaders believed Hamas was deterred

• Netanyahu’s Gaza containment strategy and Qatari money policy

• Hamas as a political asset against Palestinian statehood

• Israel’s overreliance on technology, SIGINT and border barriers

• Unit 504, HUMINT failure and the absence of agents in Gaza

• Gaza’s tunnel network and Hamas’s hidden underground military city

• Operation Guardian of the Walls and Israel’s exaggerated ‘Metro’ success

• Netanyahu’s responsibility, Israeli division and the post–October 7 media war

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