Israel is being advised to learn from the mistakes made by the US in the Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq after 9/11. Israeli experts had warned against an extended occupation and the expectation of democracy after Saddam's fall, but their advice was not heeded. Now, Israel is being urged to take the same advice regarding Hamas and Gaza. The US response in support of Israel in its war against Hamas caught the Gaza-based Palestinian terrorist group off guard. Israel's signal intelligence agency, Unit 8200, had stopped eavesdropping on Hamas hand-held radio networks a year earlier, which was seen as a mistake in light of the recent attack by Hamas.
One can try and estimate what the Americans suggested to Israel, based on the lessons they learned in Fallujah | Opinion https://t.co/UYMgyLN9Yx
Israeli intelligence and American spies stopped collecting intelligence on Hamas years before the October 7 attack - The NYT The American publication writes that the IDF’s failure to defend Israel’s borders is due to the fact that wiretapping of Hamas radio channels was canceled… https://t.co/19J0Gdnl7a https://t.co/FQ5OYtNBMD
As it conducts its continued campaign against Hamas, Israel must learn from the strategic mistakes that the US made after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, contends @CharlesKupchan. https://t.co/czaX7kGeeU
Israel’s underestimation of Hamas’s attack was the result of a cascade of security failures over years, a New York Times investigation found. https://t.co/FzBEd3tlQ4
NEW — Israel’s signal intel agency Unit 8200 stopped eavesdropping on hand-held radios used by Hamas a year earlier, because they saw it as a waste of effort. But on October 7, when Hamas broke through the barrier, Israeli military found the same radios on the bodies of Hamas… https://t.co/EFUsAmpHOV https://t.co/HnlLYzz4t0
“Unit 8200, Israel’s signals intelligence agency, had stopped eavesdropping on Hamas hand-held radio networks a year earlier because they saw it as a waste of effort.” Devastating NYT piece on Israel’s failures. https://t.co/F0L1ybqsSU
As Israel makes choices about Gaza, it might look to the advice that many Israelis offered to the U.S. in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, advice that American policy makers did not take, to the severe detriment of American policy | Opinion https://t.co/VzTAXflati
When U.S. war hawks were intent on invading Iraq, I passed on Israeli experts' warnings against an extended occupation and expectations that democracy would follow Saddam's fall. Israel needs to heed that same advice regarding Hamas and Gaza | Opinion https://t.co/VzTAXflati
.@DanKurtzer From the Gulf War to Gaza: Israel must not make America's mistakes When US war hawks were intent on invading Iraq after 9/11, I passed on pointed warnings by Israeli experts. Now, Israel needs to heed that same advice regarding Hamas and Gaza https://t.co/EaS7V9olkf
The US response in support of Israel in its war against Hamas caught the Gaza-based Palestinian terrorist group off guard, a Hamas official told The Financial Times. https://t.co/6Wp2JpFvaA