- Over 1,600 people have died in the previous three days of the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
- Hamas has threatened to murder captives if Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip continue.
- The apparent incompetence of security agencies to stop the terrorist assaults has also drawn criticism from the local media.
Over 1,600 people have died in the previous three days of the Israeli-Hamas conflict, and the Palestinian organization Hamas has threatened to murder captives if Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip continue.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has pledged to reduce Hamas-controlled areas “to rubble,” which has alarmed the UN due to potential violations of humanitarian law. According to the PM, that war wasn’t started by Israel, but will end it.
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According to a senior Egyptian intelligence official, Israel’s security services dismissed the many alerts Cairo had issued of a potential attack by Hamas. The representative alleged that Israeli leaders downplayed the danger of “something big” being plotted from Gaza in favor of the West Bank.
Jewish settlers in the West Bank make up the majority of Benjamin Netanyahu’s followers; for the past 18 months, they have pressed the government to take action against the region’s escalating tensions.
Egypt had repeatedly warned Israel of the threat; however, despite Egypt’s long history of serving as a middleman between Israel and Hamas, Israel disregarded these warnings.
The official’s assertions were categorically denied by Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office as “totally fake news.” The timing of this development coincides with Israeli security forces’ efforts to repress the Hamas terrorist organization.
The apparent incompetence of security agencies to stop the terrorist assaults has also drawn criticism from the local media.
According to the Israeli publication Haaretz, neither the Israel Defense Force nor the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) had sent any alerts that the terrorist group was getting ready to launch the attack. Senior IDF and defense ministry officials officially declared last week that Hamas had no desire to direct war.
