Israeli intelligence knew “with a high degree of precision” and prior to October 7, Hamas’ plans to kidnap between 200 and 250 people, including civilians and military personnel, according to information to which the Israeli public broadcaster Kan has had access, published this Tuesday.

The Army knew “with a high degree of precision” the plans of the Islamist organization, according to what Kan revealed, whose television channel showed last night an intelligence report published three weeks before the attack on Israeli soil, where About 1,200 people died and another 251 were kidnapped..

The report contains information on militia training to infiltrate Army baseswhich before October 7 was only prepared for the incursion of dozens of militiamen through three points, a scenario much lower than the around 3,000 who entered Israeli territory in the attack.

This Sunday, the Supreme Court ordered to temporarily suspend the investigation into the failures of the Army and the Shin Bet, the internal intelligence agency, that allowed the Hamas incursion, considering that it was counterproductive to do so while the war is ongoing. “In view of the complex reality and scope of the planned investigation, which will harm the fighting, the investigation must be suspended at this time,” Judge Canfy-Steinitz ruled on Sunday in response to the Movement for Quality Government in Israel’s petition. and the Israel Defensive Shield Forum.

Two important military resignations

The Israeli Army has opened its own internal investigation into the failures that allowed the Hamas attack, and its conclusions are expected to be known in July. The gap in Israeli security that emerged on October 7 has hardly had any consequences on the authorities, with only two significant resignations in the military establishment, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not yet assumed political responsibilities in this regard, despite the fact that a broad citizen movement and the opposition demand that he call early elections due to these rulings and his management of the war. The usual argument of the Israeli authorities to postpone these investigations is that they interfere with the war in Gaza, in which More than 37,300 Palestinians have died.

On April 22, the first resignation occurred as a result of the attacks when he left his position The head of Israeli military intelligence, General Aharon Haliva, after 38 years of military service. The second did not arrive until last June 9, when Brigadier General Avi Rosenfeld He left his position after failing to protect “the (Gaza border) communities, thousands of residents, thousands of participants in the Reim music festival and forces stationed at outposts.”

In October, the head of the Shin Bet, Ron Bar, apologized for what happened on October 7 and took responsibility, but for now he remains in office.