The Israeli intelligence officer who predicted the storm but was shocked by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack
Military Intelligence research chief Amit Saar sent four warning letters to Netanyahu in 2023 as Israel's enemies sharpened their knives during the chaos of the attempted judicial coup. Well before his death Thursday, Saar admitted responsibility for not viewing Hamas in Gaza as the main threat
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Military Intelligence research chief Amit Saar sent four warning letters to Netanyahu in 2023 as Israel's enemies sharpened their knives during the chaos of the attempted judicial coup. Well before his death Thursday, Saar admitted responsibility for not viewing Hamas in Gaza as the main threat
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09:43 PM • January 01 2026 IST
"The main reason I stayed on was to understand how and when Yahya Sinwar pulled the wool over my eyes," Brig. Gen. Amit Saar said in a December 2023 interview about the Hamas leader who would be killed the following October.
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