The Central Intelligence Agency generated analyses from late September to early October that included imprecise alerts of potential violence from Gaza, but did not anticipate the extensive aggression Hamas militants directed towards Israel shortly after, according to The New York Times.
Reports compiled by analysts using intelligence gathered from the CIA and its partner organizations in response to the recent protests in Gaza that could potentially result in violence, were reported by The New York Times, citing knowledgeable officials.
However, given that the CIA has not placed much focus on the Gaza Strip over recent years due to other perceived more urgent or dire threats, this could explain why U.S. and Israeli intelligence had no prior warning of the attack on October 7th.
The United States intelligence community’s annual threat report last mentioned Gaza in 2013, according to the New York Times. Hamas has not been included since 2017.
On September 28th of this year, it was reported that there was a possibility of Hamas launching rockets into Israel over a period of days. A further analysis on October 5th provided additional details regarding this potential action.
The Oct 5 product was included in the regular intelligence reports circulated among Congress and policymakers, yet it failed to reach senior officials.
It was not deemed an immediate threat. In the months preceding these reports, clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants had increased, resulting in a heightened potential for violence along the Israel-Gaza border.
Similar reports were compiled over the past year as this potential fluctuated.
Recent reports from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have underscored the deteriorating economic conditions in the Gaza Strip.
According to The New York Times, citing unnamed officials, these frustrations over Israel’s restrictions on border crossings could lead to assaults against Israel.
On October 5th, Hamas reported that two of their fighters were killed in a confrontation with Israeli forces. When queried by The New York Times about classified documents, both the CIA and White House declined to issue an on-the-record comment.
No reports indicated that ground and air intrusions into Israel of the magnitude seen in Saturday’s incursion were imminent, according to the New York Times.
Israeli authorities have reported that at least 1,500 Hamas militants and Palestinian supporters crossed into its borders with weapons, engaging in violence against civilians following rocket attacks.
U.S. and Israeli intelligence seem to have been unaware or disregarded potential evidence of preparations for such an attack, leaving it unclear as to how they could have overlooked this information.
The result was devastating; over 1,200 Israelis were killed and up to 150 taken hostage by Hamas forces.
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If the CIA had this info., why did they not share this with Mossad or at least the Premier; Netanyahu??
It could have saved many innocent Jewish and American lives.
Traitors are like that!
Ha! The CIA is in bed with this fraudulent Presidency. They knew that O’biden gave Hamas $ and let it happen.
Yes.
CIA is another organization that only cares about power. The fact that they dropped the ball on the attack on Israel is not surprising. They are spending all their time trying to stop Donald Trump!
We need a complete redo of every alpha bet agency in our government. All need to be accountable to congress as the constitution gives the power of oversight congress . If I hear that info can’t be shown to Congress because of on going investigation I’ll throw up!
Biden has a lot of blood on his hands, that he will never be made to account for. He will walk away clean. He should be in prison.
Shocking ! It’s almost as if some High ranking Muslim terrorist sympathizer possibly directed Joe BumbleBrain to have his CIA conveniently overlook critical intelligence that could have prevented this horrific attack.
I wonder what Muslin could have recently had influence over Joe, could it be ? Barack Hussein Obama ?
Then your headline is Deceiving, they flat ignored it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup!
Impeachment of the embaciel and his puppeteer in the White House is way past due and a glaring indication of failed Congressional oversight. Washington politicians on both sides of the isle need to be retired in 2024. And the WhiteHouse needs to be sanitized.
The CIA was to busy trying to cover for Joe.
True!
Blame it on more Western intelligence incompetence and a serious understanding of the operation of the Muslim mind. Given the history that the Muslims have of conducting acts of war on what to them are days when important events in Muslim history happened it demonstrates a deeply flawed inability within the D.C. and Israeli military and intelligence communities that they weren’t sniffing around for something to happen and that Israel failed to take seriously the warnings it received from Egypt.
Obviously the CIA, Military and State Department need to be staffed with people who know the Muslim mind, and have an understanding of the importance of historical events for Muslims. They get caught with their pants down every time.
THE CIA SCREWED UP BIG TIME..LOOKS LIKE WE NEED BETTER PEOPLE WHO DO THE JOB INSTEAD OF NOT DOING THEIR JOB..WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS..THE DEATHS ARE ON YOUR HANDS..HOPE YOU FEEL REAL GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DIED BECAUSE YOU DIDNOT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY..TRUMP WILL REPLACE IMCOMPETENT IDIOTS THAT CANT AND DONT TAKE THE JOB SERIOUSLY…BUNCH OF MORONS…
So if you think about it, shi* head Biden, and the Illegitimate, homosexual Muslim, Barack Hussein Obama, purposely left billions of US tax payers dollars in military weaponry in Afghanistan’s debacle for Obama’s murdering Muslim brothers to attack America’s only Allie in the Middle East.
Obama always showed his hatred for Jews on Television.
Obama, Soros and The shi* head Biden work well to destroy America’s Allies.
Every Communist Democrat including the CIA, FBI, ATF, should all face a military tribunal and be sent to Gitmo to be executed.
This doesn’t surprise me. Maybe if they would concern themselves more with our national security and our foreign enemies instead of digging up bogus dirt on DJT, then maybe we could get this country back on the right road to peace and prosperity. But as long as they are working for this authoritarian regime that will never happen.
THE ISLAMIC THREAT…. America you had best wake up to the ‘Real’ Islamic threat for many of your so-called leaders have already sold you out!
NOTE: The information presented herein has been submitted many times since 1982 by several of the officers serving on the counter-terrorism team charged with assessing/addressing the threat to DOD personnel deployed overseas and developing strategy/tactics to combat the threat. To date few Americans and their so-called leaders have given due attention to the ‘REAL’ threat presented by radical Muslims.
Question: The Islamic State, the Nation of Islam, CARE, ISIS, HAMAS, and many other Muslim groups; what do they all have in common? Answer: They all have the same ultimate objectives!
Those objectives are to: 1). Fully install Sharia as the only governing philosophy in the world, and 2). Install Muhammad as the last true prophet and his teachings supposedly inspired by the ‘truths’ delivered to him in a cave by Gabriel (an angel of the one and only God) sometime between 610 – 613 CE as the only law and religion of the land. Those same truths/teachings which became institutionalized in the Quran, the Hadith, and the Sira; which are the three most important foundation documents providing the bases for Sharia.
Per personal knowledge/experience gained as a military officer with many years of service in combating terrorism at the hands of various Muslim and other groups, I can inform all Americans willing to listen as to the reasons why I and many of my fellow officers have warned the American government many times as to why Islam is much different than any other religion/governing philosophy, and why all Islamic groups present a significant threat to America.
The simple reason the Islamic State, the Nation of Islam, CARE, ISIS, HAMAS, etc. are so dangerous is the range of strategies/tactics they claim were/are mandated to be employed by the Prophet himself. If you doubt me just watch those individual Muslims who are implanted in the U.S. House of Representatives as they deal with their comrades, the media, and the American people. I simply find it pitiful as to how unskilled they are, yet their comrades in the government, the public, and the media seem oblivious to their true objectives. I as an old ground combat/counter-terrorist soldier would say this to their audiences; “I can’t believe you knuckleheads, you let the enemy walk up and kiss you right on the mouth before they gut you and/or cut your throat!”
Don’t feel bad that most of you may have been so blind reference the threat from Islam and the range of their tactics (lie, cheat, steal, kill, whatever required to rid the world of non-believers). Mr. Reagan and most of his administration failed to give the threat they were provided by the army officers mentioned above in 1982 adequate attention. Even after two Muslim terrorists less than a year later in 1983 killed over 200 marines, several sailors, one soldier, and 40 French soldiers in Lebanon; our arrogance, lack of knowledge, and stupidity has continued to leave us seriously ill prepared. Now the Muslim community can count among their best allies the American media, the American left, and the hordes of simply ignorant deniers! If you are one of the ill informed don’t fret too much. I am offering free classes to teach the eight prayers you need learn to start your personal conversion to Islam. Oh, you will need to bring your own rug.
Final Note: Would you like to know the primary tactic the team of army officers mentioned above presented to the Reagan administration? The basic tactic was: “In that the best defense is a good offense we must kill the terrorists in their beds before they kills us in ours!”
Soldier/Cop/Grunt, Retired
Oversight of the CIA is sorely inadequate. If Trump wins election he needs to gut the CIA and FBI leadership and return them to their original missions. They are both abusing their authority.
This is due to politicized government agencies that forward reports the politicians want to hear.
Likely, much of the blame is Israel’s policy on self defense.
Israel doesn’t have a “Second Amendment”, likely the country that needs it the most doesn’t have it, so Israel has a defenseless, ultra-vulnerable citizenry.