Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the events of the October 7, 2023 massacre represented "a severe intelligence failure, but not a betrayal," in a a confidential discussion of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee on Thursday, KAN News reported.
Netanyahu arrived at the discussion with folders containing the protocols from the decade prior to the October 7 massacre, and read quotes from officials in order to show that there was no foresight of the event, including from former prime minister Naftali Bennett, Yashar party leader and ex-IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, and former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Ronen Bar.
Speaking on Iran, the prime minister told committee members that Israel would "respond with force never before seen" should the Islamic Republic choose to carry out strikes against Israeli targets.
This is a developing story. Amichai Stein contributed to this report.