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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims that he didn’t receive warnings ahead of October 7 are false, former senior Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) official Ilan Segev said during an interview on Kan News’ Reshet Bet on Friday.
"We need to distinguish between an intelligence picture and an intelligence warning," Segev said during the interview. "There was indeed an intelligence picture, and no one should tell us that we didn't know Hamas wanted to attack or that we didn't understand its capabilities."
Netanyahu himself had outlined in April 2017 the exact scenario of the attack during a State Control Committee meeting, Segev claimed.
During the meeting that took place about six years before the attack, Netanyahu described “commandos, drones, the takeover of communities, the kidnapping of civilians, the kidnapping of soldiers. It’s all there. There's a video on YouTube that absolutely anyone can watch,” said Segev.
The claims come just a day after Netanyahu's former military secretary Avi Gil revealed that Netanyahu's chief of staff allegedly tried to change the official record of the prime minister's schedule.
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