{"id":6728,"date":"2023-10-29T13:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/benjamin-netanyahu-apologises-for-criticising-israels-security-services\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T13:01:05","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-apologises-for-criticising-israels-security-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=6728","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu apologises for criticising Israel\u2019s security services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=725ec69a-2e19-4002-aa73-62156d4cfe3f\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to apologise on Sunday after a furious backlash from across the political spectrum over his claim that Israel\u2019s security establishment had not warned him of Hamas\u2019s plan to attack the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli prime minister had said in a social media post on Saturday night that \u201cat no time and no stage\u201d was he given advance warning of Hamas\u2019s October 7 assault, which is the deadliest on Israel\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll security officials, including the head of army intelligence and the head of the Shin Bet [internal security service], estimated that Hamas was deterred,\u201d Netanyahu wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The comments drew a storm of condemnation from Netanyahu\u2019s allies and foes alike, with Benny Gantz \u2014 one of five men in Israel\u2019s war cabinet and a former army chief of staff \u2014 demanding that the prime minister retract the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we are at war, the leadership must show responsibility, decide to do the right things and strengthen the forces in a way that they can carry out what we demand of them,\u201d Gantz wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>A second member of the war cabinet, Gadi Eisenkot \u2014 who is also a former military chief of staff \u2014 also criticised Netanyahu\u2019s statement, calling on the prime minister to \u201ccease from criticising the services that he\u2019s responsible for\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s essential at this time to fully back the heads of the security services and to stand by them unreservedly,\u201d Eisenkot added.<\/p>\n<p>The row is the latest sign of the tensions within Israel\u2019s leadership as it battles with the fallout from the October 7 attack, which is widely seen as one of Israel\u2019s biggest-ever intelligence failures. Analysts have compared it to the country\u2019s failure to anticipate the joint attack by Egyptian and Syrian forces in 1973 that began the Yom Kippur war.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a blizzard of criticism, Netanyahu\u2019s original post was deleted, and an apology was posted on Sunday morning. \u201cI made a mistake. The things I said after the press conference should not have been said and I apologise for them,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI fully back the heads of the security agencies. I give my full support to the chief of general staff and the officers and soldiers of the IDF who are on the front lines and are fighting for our homeland. Together we will win.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2226\" height=\"1436\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/6f4929a4-917b-420d-9932-8a0648ae95d0.jpg\" alt=\"An Israeli soldier walks past a house damaged during the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2226\" height=\"1436\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>An Israeli soldier walks past a house damaged during the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Maya Alleruzzo\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people and injured over 5,400 in the assault, according to Israeli officials. They were also able to take more than 200 people hostage, as the IDF initially struggled to repel the surprise attack.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has since responded with a ferocious bombardment of Hamas\u2019s infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Its air force has dropped thousands of bombs on the territory in an assault that has killed more than 8,000 people and injured over 20,200, according to Palestinian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has also severely restricted supplies of electricity, food, water and fuel to Gaza \u2014 an escalation of the crippling blockade it and Egypt have imposed since Hamas seized power of the territory in 2007. This has drastically worsened the already dire humanitarian conditions in the impoverished Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2309\" height=\"1492\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1429\" height=\"1430\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/9c4031a7-1931-49e7-9ef6-5ead83cdf340.jpg\" alt=\"Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2309\" height=\"1492\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Mahmud Hams\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senior civilian and military officials, including Israel\u2019s finance minister, the head of military intelligence, the head of Shin Bet and the military chief of staff, have all admitted to failures in the run-up to Hamas\u2019s assault, but Netanyahu has so far refused to take responsibility for the shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>Asked at a press conference on Saturday night whether a state inquiry would be formed to look into the failings, Netanyahu said: \u201cAfter the war, everyone will have to give answers to difficult questions, and that includes me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the authorities would \u201cleave no stone unturned\u201d in investigating the October 7 disaster, but his \u201csupreme mission at the moment is to save the country\u201d and lead it to a \u201cdecisive victory over Hamas\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/725ec69a-2e19-4002-aa73-62156d4cfe3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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