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When the fighting in Gaza draws to a close, people will certainly demand an investigation into what already appears to be a significant intelligence, military and diplomatic fiasco, or multisystem failure, on Israel's part. It is already clear that Israel did not prepare itself against the threat of the tunnels, dug by Hamas over many years, under the villages in Israel’s south.
My colleague Ben Caspit wrote July 24 in Al-Monitor that a national commission of inquiry should be established to investigate the resounding failure of Israel’s intelligence apparatus. Was it a military failure, or did Israel know (at least in general) about Hamas’ tunnel enterprise and the dangers it posed to the lives of Israel’s southern residents?
