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In reply to the discussion: Chuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, criticizing Netanyahu's leadership [View all]But it's not as if one of the most respected intelligence operations in the world didn't have advance notice:
They were Israel's 'eyes on the border' - but their Hamas warnings went unheard
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In the months leading up to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, they did begin to see things: practice raids, mock hostage-taking, and farmers behaving strangely on the other side of the fence.
Noa, not her real name, says they would pass information about what they were seeing to intelligence and higher-ranking officers, but were powerless to do more. "We were just the eyes," she says.
It was clear to some of these women that Hamas was planning something big - that there was, in Noa's words, a "balloon that was going to burst".
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In the months leading up to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, they did begin to see things: practice raids, mock hostage-taking, and farmers behaving strangely on the other side of the fence.
Noa, not her real name, says they would pass information about what they were seeing to intelligence and higher-ranking officers, but were powerless to do more. "We were just the eyes," she says.
It was clear to some of these women that Hamas was planning something big - that there was, in Noa's words, a "balloon that was going to burst".
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Chuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, criticizing Netanyahu's leadership [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 14
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gives a "major address" on the Middle East, calling Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to go
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 14
#1
"Significant progress ... was looking possible and even likely prior to October 7"
speak easy
Mar 14
#29
a lasting peace only will come with a 2 state solution, which of course Netanyahu opposes
LymphocyteLover
Mar 14
#19