Assessing Israel’s Failurestest

In March, the British parliament released a detailed and thoroughly documented report on the October 7 attacks. Jonathan Foreman, one of the lead researchers behind the report, summarizes what he and his colleagues learned about the Israeli failures that allowed Hamas such gruesome success. The story he tells makes harrowing reading, and belies any attempt to construct a political narrative: the government, the IDF brass, the commanders on the ground, the intelligence services, and even the Israeli Supreme Court all contributed to the disaster. Not only did the military establishment fail to defend the Gaza border properly, but it was too slow and ineffective in responding to the invasion once it began.