Hamas Attack Causes Hundreds Of Victims Of Death And Brawl, Observer: Israeli Intelligence And Defense Conceded

Israeli military illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

JAKARTA - Israel's intelligence and defense were deemed conceded, after the Palestinian Hamas militant attack on Saturday left hundreds dead and hundreds more detained.

Observers think the attack has been carefully planned by Hamas, while on the other hand Israel is considered to have failed to anticipate plans for an attack by Palestinian militants.

"Of course there are preparations, because Israel's defense and security system is known to be tight and up-to-date. The guardrail they built is equipped with a 24-hour monitoring camera and is equipped with a motion sensor," said East-Middle observer Faisal Assegaf to VOI, Monday, October 9.

"But the success of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad forces through land, sea and air attacks shows the intelligence breach and Israel's defense system," he explained.

He added that Israeli intelligence was also considered to have failed in detecting preparations for attacks carried out by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

"Moreover, Hamas will not participate in the war in 2021 and 2022. Those two years of war are Islamic Jihad," he said.

As previously reported, Hamas fighters in Israeli cities on Saturday have been the deadliest attacks on the country since the Egyptian and Syrian attacks in the Yom Kippur War that broke out about 50 years ago.

Hamas said the attack was driven by what he called an increase in Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, as well as against Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh highlighted the threat to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, the continuation of Israel's blockade of Gaza and the normalization of Israel with countries in the region.

At least 700 people on the Israeli side and 400 people on the Palestinian side have been declared dead as a result of attacking each other on Saturday.

Citing CNN, Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk told al-Ghad TV the exact number of Israeli prisoners would be recalculated, but more than a hundred people said there were top Israeli military officials among the prisoners. Meanwhile, Islamic Jihad claimed to have captivated 30 Israelis.