Jerusalem, Feb. 28 -- The Israel Defense Forces has released findings of its investigation into the October 7 attack, during which the Hamas movement killed and kidnapped hundreds of Israelis.
One of the investigation's main findings highlights the scale on which the Israeli intelligence failed, as the surprise element and operational collapse on that day were greater than those of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
"The surprise was total-situational and fundamental-against a strategic deception that lasted years, an operational deception leading up to the attack, and a tactical deception throughout the night before the invasion," the Ynet news portal quoted the investigation report as saying.
According to the report, initially Hamas planned to s...