Netanyahu says security officials deliberately didn't wake him on October 7
- Posted on September 2, 2026
- By Le Monde
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In brief
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claims that security personnel deliberately withheld critical information regarding the Hamas offensive on October 7, 2023, preventing him from taking immediate action. The PM argues that early notification could have significantly mitigated the scale of the attacks. This assertion raises questions about internal security protocols and decision-making processes during one of Israel's most significant security crises.
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Netanyahu says security officials deliberately didn't wake him on October 7
On Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister insisted that Hamas's attacks on the morning of October 7, 2023, would have been contained if he had been woken earlier – but that his security officials intentionally failed to do so.
