In the weeks since Hamas carried out its devastating terrorist attack in southern Israel, Times journalists have been trying to work out why the Israeli security services failed to prevent such a huge and deadly assault.

Ronen Bergman, a correspondent for The New York Times, tells the story of one of the warnings that Israel ignored.

Guest: Ronen Bergman (https://www.nytimes.com/by/ronen-bergman) , a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.

Background reading: 

• A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the Oct. 7 attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html) .
• Here’s the latest (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/04/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news) on the war.

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