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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Military Intelligence Directorate

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Tel Aviv District Court, March 24, 2025. (Reuven Kastro/Pool)
March 25, 2025, 11:46 pm
Netanyahu was warned twice that Qatari cash was funding Hamas military wing – reports
According to accounts denied by PM’s office, ex-Shin Bet chief, IDF told premier in 2019-2020 that terror chief Muhammad Deif was seizing millions from monthly payments
By ToI Staff
Members of Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, patrol in Rafah, Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
February 27, 2025, 7:00 pm
The intel on Hamas attack plan was there, but IDF simply refused to believe it, probe finds
Investigation into failures by Military Intelligence Directorate shows IDF received plans detailing possible attack in 2022, but considered it unlikely, viewed Sinwar as pragmatist
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers carry bodies of Israelis in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
February 27, 2025, 7:00 pm
IDF’s Oct. 7 probes show it misread Hamas for years, left southern Israel utterly vulnerable
Investigations detail military’s decade-long ‘misperception’ of Hamas, its refusal to recognize the imminent invasion even in the last few hours, and the chaos that catastrophically slowed the fightback on the day
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian terrorists take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF freezes new job for Gaza Division intel officer accused of pre-Oct. 7 failures
After radio report reveals planned appointment, army halts ‘temporary posting’ for Lt. Col. ‘Aleph,’ who reportedly derided warnings ahead of Hamas onslaught as ‘completely imaginary’
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians on the Israeli side of the Gaza border fence during a Hamas-led invasion and slaughter in southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Reuters/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)
November 13, 2024, 11:51 pm
National Security Council denies it received warnings in hours before Oct. 7 attack
NSC rejects newspaper report, citing IDF probe, that the Prime Minister’s Office — though not Netanyahu himself — was continuously informed of worrying intelligence from Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Outgoing head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva (right) incoming commander of the directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder (left) and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (center) attend a handover ceremony at the Glilot Base near Herzliya, August 21, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2024, 10:40 pm
Outgoing IDF intel chief Haliva says he failed to warn of Oct. 7, urges state probe
Incoming head of Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, calls for focusing efforts on ‘urgent’ mission of returning hostages
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian terrorists head toward the border with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib/AFP)
July 7, 2024, 4:50 am
Military Intelligence alert system poorly maintained in lead up to October 7 – report
Former officials in the 8200 unit tell Channel 12 commander ‘didn’t care’ about crucial signal model
By ToI Staff
Soldiers of an IDF Military Intelligence Directorate team for the Golani Infantry Brigade are seen working at computers, in a handout photo published November 12, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 5, 2024, 1:46 am
‘The sword is coming’: Biblical IDF email warned of Hamas plans days before Oct.7
Paraphrasing Ezekiel, NCO in Military Intelligence’s Unit 8200 said it was too late to stop attack, but urged higher-ups to make plans to minimize impact while there was still time
By ToI Staff
Left: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announces he is seeking arrest warrants from the court’s judges for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, on May 20, 2024 (ICC); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a video address, May 20, 2024. (Screenshot/ GPO)
May 28, 2024, 8:28 pm
Israel said to have waged 9-year ‘war’ against ICC, tapping its communications
Guardian reports intel, diplomatic push included threats; last month, Jerusalem found out via intercepted call that prosecutor could seek arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant
By Michael Bachner
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
May 23, 2024, 8:22 pm
IDF says Netanyahu was warned 4 times in 2023 about how enemies saw internal discord
PM denies military gave indication that Hamas could attack amid judicial overhaul upheaval, says to the contrary, it claimed terror group had no interest in attacking from Gaza
By ToI Staff
Then-Commander of the IDF Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, November 4, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
April 22, 2024, 12:23 pm
‘I will always carry the pain’: IDF intel chief Aharon Haliva resigns over Oct. 7 failure
In letter to army chief, head of Military Intelligence Directorate says that ‘with authority comes heavy responsibility’; will officially step down once replacement is found
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A ceremony for the incoming head of Military Intelligence's Unit 8200 in the Gelilot base, north of Tel Aviv, on April 6, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 5, 2024, 8:56 pm
UK paper reveals ID of 8200 intelligence unit chief, says he accidentally outed himself
‘Embarrassing security lapse’ discovered through Google account linked to officer’s 2021 book on AI and warfare said to resemble IDF’s fighting in Gaza
By ToI Staff
An armed Hamas terrorist walking around the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 7, where terrorists from Gaza massacred hundreds of people. (South First Responders/AFP)
February 26, 2024, 4:17 pm
Hours before Hamas attack, IDF noticed dozens of terrorists activating Israeli SIMs
Because such activations had taken place in the past, the development was not seen as a definite red flag; military censor permits detail for publication following media leak
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip in an undated handout photo released by the military on January 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 2, 2024, 8:15 am
Military Police probe IDF soldier’s killing of Palestinian detainee in Gaza
Terror suspect was arrested alive, questioned by field interrogators, handed over to another soldier to be guarded, apparently shot and killed after soldier felt ‘threatened’
By Emanuel Fabian
Members of a family sit together in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
December 25, 2023, 10:38 pm
IDF intel unit’s calls with Gazans reveal cracks of dissent against Hamas rule
With over 50,000 calls to Palestinians in Strip, Unit 504 helped urge many to evacuate south, while also securing intel on Hamas — sometimes from Hamas men themselves
By ToI Staff
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