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Condemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reports indicate that Israel is launching air strikes on Gaza towers, Hamas has destroyed multiple Merkava tanks with drones, and that there are 70 confirmed Israeli and 198 confirmed Palestinian casualties.

There are big questions about how Israeli intelligence was caught so off guard by this attack.

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they actually that incompetent, or was it known and allowed to happen anyway?

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Impossible to know at this point, but it's not like intelligence services are incapable of fuckups

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

True, but the timing seems very convenient for the current Israeli administration.