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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/45823425

Shalom Shitrit - an IDF soldier who was on duty on 7 October 2023 - has made a damning testimony to the Knesset

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/08/08/idf-soldier-knesset-testimony/


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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is maga level conspiracy. We need some source standards on this community.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We knew a few weeks after the attack that over a dozen intelligence agencies told them it would happen, and they chose to lower their defenses instead of prepare.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're referring to the Egyptian intel warning and the internal warning that hamas was training. There was a meeting to address those concerns booked for literally that day.

You also need to understand the context because in the west we think "oh a security threat we must address it immediately no matter how small". but isreal has so many threats and its a balancing act to allocate resources. From their report they were prioritizing responding to the Hezbollah forces on their northern border and they were fresh off a war with hamas where they thought they had destroyed a lot of hamas's capabilities. The idf admit they underestimated hamas's goals and didnt think they were interested in starting a war because of how obviously stupid it would be.

The IDF definitely fucked up thats not debated but there is no real credible case for it being intentionally orchestrated by isreal. The evidence is a bunch of explainable events that stringed together can look like a grand plan to those that want it to be true. If you want to hate isreal there is plenty of well supported cases to hate them for.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No I'm talking about the dozens of warnings in the year leading up to the attack

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html

You trying to play revisionist doesn't work when we can still find the news articles.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Your article doesnt support the claim that isreal intentionally let it happen. It supports my claim that it was an explainable military failure. You are the one revising history to fit this conspiracy.

It seems like a big deal and conspiracy's worthy if you dont understand the context at the time. There are constantly attacks being planned against isreal by their many enemies. Isreal uncovering this specific plan and reviewing it before deeming it to be unfeasible is a miscalculation but its not a surprising miscalculation. Its already been said that the IDF did not think that hamas would escalate to trigger a war and that was a miscalculation. But honestly its an understandable miscalculation when we see what's happened since. Why the fuck would hamas do Oct 7 its so unbelievably stupid.

Also these "warnings" happened years to months before the actual attack. Is Isreal just suppose to forever prepare for the attack that they believe is unlikely even when there is a more credible threat on their northern border. Its not like they had no staff. It was a tough situation because hamas could always wait, there was no timer on when the attack needed to be launched.

All of this doesnt excuse isreals action in response and I think even hamas didnt expect them to go this far in retaliation.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

Yeah you're gonna keep telling yourself what you want to hear.

Im done with you

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Israeli soldier testifying on video?

Why are all "credible" news outlets refusing to report on this?

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago

They've already done an entire report on the failures. A solider saying he got a call to cancel a patrol is not enough evidence for the claim.

What do you think the IDF solider is testifying to by the way?

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Sensationalism, easy peasy finger pointing b/c this, that or whatever. Not picking sides. Just being pickier about journalism & all the sources. It is way more complex than the common dimwit (that common dimwit is me btw) can truly comprehend. The level of when, who & why. Yeah, that’s messed up. But what is truly messed up is our senses are being offended & it is just too much for some to think about. I guess this is why garbage journalism goes right along according to the wretched script.