Security, distraction and old-fashioned non-electronic communications. Welcome to Hamas learning the tricks the UK used back in wold War Two. Whilst it's implausible that Israeli intelligence services missed the build-up, it's certainly possible if they thought they could eavesdrop electronically and get enough intelligence that way. It's very Western to ignore human intelligence and rely mostly on electronic surveillance. Much like the German raid on Coventry led to lots of conspiracy theories despite later revealing there was no unambiguous intelligence, the same may apply here. Hamas may have just gone dark, been able to keep information secure for once or released curated information to overwhelm Israeli intelligence services. Sadly it only takes that one success to lead to an atrocity like this.
Security, distraction and old-fashioned non-electronic communications. Welcome to Hamas learning the tricks the UK used back in wold War Two. Whilst it's implausible that Israeli intelligence services missed the build-up, it's certainly possible if they thought they could eavesdrop electronically and get enough intelligence that way. It's very Western to ignore human intelligence and rely mostly on electronic surveillance. Much like the German raid on Coventry led to lots of conspiracy theories despite later revealing there was no unambiguous intelligence, the same may apply here. Hamas may have just gone dark, been able to keep information secure for once or released curated information to overwhelm Israeli intelligence services. Sadly it only takes that one success to lead to an atrocity like this.
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