Netanyahu Blames Security Chiefs for October 7 Failures Amid Gaza Raids

Netanyahu’s Israel Is Looking for a Fight in Every Direction

The Israeli leader, facing a tough re-election contest, may need a security crisis to rally voters behind him and hold on to his job.

By David M. Halbfinger

Netanyahu says security officials deliberately didn't wake him on October 7

On Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister insisted that Hamas's attacks on the morning of October 7, 2023, would have been contained if he had been woken earlier – but that his security officials intentionally failed to do so.

Netanyahu accuses security officials of intentionally not waking him on October 7

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused security officials on Tuesday of intentionally failing to wake him on the morning of Hamas’ October 7 attacks, a day after his wife claimed an opposition figure knew of the onslaught in advance. Netanyahu is heading into close-fought elections later this year, and has come in for sustained criticism in the national debate over who is responsible for the failures that led to the October 7, 2023 security fiasco. The prime minister has alleged in...

By Agence France-Presse

Netanyahu After Wife's Conspiracy Claims: No 'Internal Betrayal' on October 7 - Haaretz

Netanyahu After Wife's Conspiracy Claims: No 'Internal Betrayal' on October 7  Haaretz