Why did senior security officials falsely believe Hamas was deterred? - opinion

It took Halevi almost three weeks to launch the counteroffensive. Could it be that he did not even expect the IDF would need to retake the Gaza Strip, or ever dedicate the IDF to planning for it?

IDF CHIEF of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi appears before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. After October 7, 2023, it took Halevi almost three weeks to launch the counteroffensive. Could it be that he did not even expect the IDF would need to retake the Gaza Strip, asks the writer.

(photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post)

ByYISRAEL MEDAD

FEBRUARY 12, 2025 03:06