Our Warnings on Hamas Were Ignored, Israel’s Women Border Troops Say

In addition to our normal offerings today, I would call your particular attention to an article from Politico that our colleague, Gina Bennett, forwarded to me on Friday: "Our warnings on Hamas were ignored, Israel’s women border troops say." It is a very troubling and sad piece on the failure of Israeli senior military, intelligence, and national command officials to take seriously the reporting from the IDF's watcher unit (many of whom lost their lives in the attack) on the "Iron Wall" in the months preceding the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks. This is the first of what I expect will be many reports on the significant intelligence and command failures that led the Hamas assaults to be successful beyond their wildest expectations. Gina and I have discussed similarities to the numerous pre-9/11 intelligence failures, which is also a module that we currently teach to our USIC students. Thanks, Gina for sending this article!

Our Warnings on Hamas Were Ignored, Israel’s Women Border Troops Say

This week's infographic describes over a century of politics and conflict in the Gaza Strip.