The head of the Shin Bet security agency, Ronen Bar, has personally assumed responsibility for the absence of early warning regarding Hamas’s deadly assault on southern Israel on October 7.
In a message addressed to agency members, Bar states, “Despite the series of actions we undertook, regrettably, we could not generate sufficient advance warning to prevent the attack.”
“As the leader of the organization, I bear this responsibility,” Bar asserts. He acknowledges that there will be opportunities for investigations later, but emphasizes that the current focus is on the ongoing fight.
Prior to the October 7 attack, the defense establishment had noted unusual activity in the Gaza Strip, leading to late-night discussions among senior officials. However, these signs were largely dismissed. Nonetheless, reports from Hebrew-language media indicate that Bar personally ordered a small team to be deployed to the Gaza border, anticipating a potential limited-scale attack.
Tragically, during the October 7 attacks, at least 10 Shin Bet members lost their lives, as reported by the agency.
Bar underscores the gravity of the situation, stating, “We are in a war, not merely a round of fighting. A round ends with a victory image and silence; a war concludes with a resolute victory and a change in circumstances. There are no geographical or temporal boundaries. We persist until the very end.”
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Wow what a humble thing to do.
His brother in law was also a major marketing scammer.
Investigate who got the billion dollar “ state of the art “ border wall contract
Why can’t we be dan l’Kaf Zechus? Why can’t we stop speaking/posting Loshon Horah? Let’s PLEASE make a joint effort to end the tzoros and bring the Geula Sheleimah….
I do not follow all the local news in Israel that carefully but I can never remember an Israeli taking responsibility publicly for any sort of failure. Mr. Bar may need castigating for his personal failures but he deserves to have his acceptance of responsibility respected. He has a lot to teach other Israelis.
Not so simple: A: It was HASHEM that has removed the protection he granted until now, and there is nothing that the Zionists could have done in terms of human efforts to prevent that if it was decreed from SHOMAYIM!
B: As they did receive a warning from Egypt about something big, it was their GAAVEH haughtiness saying “we will manage and be able to deal with whatever is in store…”, and they were so sure about themselves saying if they didn’t have specific intelligence it won’t happen, so they didn’t reinforce the the Gaza border.
אם ה’ לא ישמר עיר שוא שקד שומר
As far as Hishtadlus: There were people like Gral. Gadi Eizenkot who warned about this type attack and people like Bibi and Bar chose to ignore him. Now over 1300 are dead and thousands more seriously injured ..Bar-minan.
Atheists. Thats all. They believed that they don’t need any divine protection as Bibi infamously stated when Jews globally left for Uman.
Only when HIS army will protect עפ׳ל.
Atheists army. Atheist Shin Bet. Zionism is atheism.
every thing is G-D…..EVERYTHING LITTLE THING….
Why are the comments being mekatreg on the Jewish people in a time of danger?