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Israel Suffered a Massive Intelligence Failure
Democracies worldwide must rise up at this very moment
In the initial hours following the Hamas attack on Israel, it became evident that the casualty count would reach the hundreds. As the day unfolded, these figures continued to rise. At present, the toll has exceeded 1,100. The full extent of the situation remains uncertain as militants maintain control of towns in southern Israel near the Gaza border, while the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have mobilized to retake these areas from the terrorists.
Lt. Col. Richard Hecht of the Israel Defense Forces said that not all of the breaches in the border fence had been fully closed, and more militants could still be crossing into Israeli territory from Gaza. “We are still fighting,” he said at a briefing on Monday morning. “We thought by this morning we’d be in a better place.”
According to an IDF spokesperson, there are believed to be over 1,000 terrorists who have infiltrated Israeli territory.
The initial priority is clearly to eliminate all the terrorists within, safeguard the towns along the Gaza Strip border, and regain control of the areas where HAMAS breached the border fence. Expanding operations to weaken HAMAS as much as possible may be on Israel’s agenda, but these considerations are of secondary…
