- The extensive network of tunnels under Gaza is one of the main obstacles Israel faces.
- To prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from spreading, the United States has sent two aircraft carriers and ships.
- Israel will not permit Israel to operate in Gaza without repercussion.
The extensive network of tunnels under Gaza is one of the main obstacles Israel faces in its effort to destroy Hamas. The armed Palestinian group states that up to 500 kilometers of underground tunnels make up their network. Israel has made some unsuccessful attempts to neutralize the threat using technology.
To prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from spreading, the United States has sent two aircraft carriers and the ships that support them to the eastern Mediterranean.
US ships and two airport carriers
Israel has been visited by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Army General Michael “Erik” Kurilla, and US President Joe Biden, who will be there tomorrow. 200 individuals are being kept captive in Gaza by Hamas in the wake of the attack on the Jewish state on October 7.
According to Hamas spokesperson Hossein Amirabdollahian, Israel will not permit Israel to operate in Gaza without repercussion.
Actress Rona-Lee Shimon thanked India for denouncing the horrific attacks and encouraged the nation to stay “rock-solid” with Israel in these critical circumstances amidst the growing bloodshed. The story of the “colossal intelligence failure” is becoming more and more inflated as fresh details about Hamas’s strike on Israel come to light.
New material shows that Israeli intelligence did notice an increase in activity on the Gazan militant networks it was watching, contrary to previous reports that said it did not identify any activity by or warning from Hamas.
According to a New York Times article, soldiers manning the borders were also notified of the notice, but they either disregarded or failed to act upon the information.
In 2014, Richard Clarke, who was the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the time of the 9/11 attacks, apologized in public to the families of those killed and acknowledged that there had been a breakdown in information gathering, processing, and dissemination.
Sajid F. Shapoo, a senior IPS officer, asks why even the most successful intelligence services fall short. Are lapses in intelligence inevitable?
