Thiruvananthapuram, April 27 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that April 22 Pahalgam terror attack took place possibly due to intelligence failure and compared it to the October 7, 2023 strike by terrorist organisation Hamas which stunned Israel, a country famed for its strong intel.

"Obviously, there was no full proof intelligence. There was some failure... But we have got the example of Israel, the world's best intelligence services according to everybody, which were taken by surprise on October 7, just two years ago. It seems to me, just as Israel is waiting till the end of the war before they demand accountability, similarly, I think we too should see the present crisis through and then demand accountability from the gove...