Jervis Forum Review 185: Parker on Katz and Bohbot, While Israel Slept
Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot have written the first detailed book account of the 2023 Hamas attack against Israel and particularly why Israel let down its defenses.[1] They argue that the Israeli mistakes took place on many…
Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot have written the first detailed book account of the 2023 Hamas attack against Israel and particularly why Israel let down its defenses.[1] They argue that the Israeli mistakes took place on many different levels. First, there were several intelligence failures. As is sometimes the case with surprise attacks, junior Israeli field intelligence analysts were aware that the enemy was practicing over a period of months the very attack that it later carried out and flagged this.
