Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time that he would "have to give answers" for security lapses exposed in the deadly October 7 attacks by Hamas.
The head of Israel's Internal Security Agency (ISA), Ronen Bar, took responsibility for failing to foil Hamas' brutal attack on October 7 in which more than 1,300 people died, but vowed to fight till the end for a decisive victory in the war.
A combination of intelligence failure and operational failure on the part of Israel led to the massive death count in the Hamas' attack on Saturday, Israel's former military intelligence head told NDTV in an exclusive interview this afternoon.
Some US and Israeli officials have blamed Tel Aviv s intelligence for its inability to prevent the Hamas surprise assault. Sputnik reached out to retired Lt. Col. Dr. Mordechai Kedar, who served for 25 years in IDF military intelligence specializing in Arab political discourse, to discuss the matter.