“The Palestinian militants behind the shock weekend assault on Israel started planning the assault a minimum of a yr in the past, with key help from Iranian allies who offered navy coaching and logistical assist in addition to tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} for weapons, present and former Western and Center Japanese intelligence officers mentioned Monday,” the Washington Submit studies.
“Whereas Iran’s exact function in Saturday’s violence remained unclear, the officers mentioned, the assault mirrored Tehran’s years-long ambition to encompass Israel with legions of paramilitary fighters armed with more and more refined weapons techniques able to putting deep contained in the Jewish state.”
David Ignatius: Hamas assault is an intelligence failure which will take Israel years to unravel.
