Is this a major Israeli intelligence failure?
............Yes, says our security correspondent Frank Gardner. With the combined efforts of Shin Bet, Israeli domestic intelligence, Mossad, its external spy agency and all the assets of the Israel Defense Forces, he says it is frankly astounding that nobody saw this coming or failed to act on it if they did have a warning.
Israel has arguably the most extensive and well-funded intelligence services in the Middle East, with informants and agents inside Palestinian militant groups, as well as in Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere.
On the ground, along the tense border fence between Gaza and Israel there are cameras, ground-motion sensors and regular army patrols.
The barbed-wire topped fence is supposed to have been a "smart barrier" to prevent exactly the sort of infiltration that has taken place in this attack. Yet the militants of Hamas simply bulldozed their way through it, cut holes in the wire or entered Israel from the sea and by paraglider...............
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975
Seems to me a mid-level executive of any security COMPANY...let alone an "agency" would double their security for the 50 year anniversary.
Especially for a large gathering.
Understand 300 young people...many foreign tourists were shot dead and piled high.
No thank you. I believe you. Don't need to see them posted.
