Families of those killed say years of preserving the Palestinian group and ignoring warnings helped create the conditions for the massacre<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of deliberately aiding the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre through years of preserving the group\u2019s rule in Gaza, allowing it to grow stronger. He is also said to have deliberately ignored warning signs of an attack.
\nFamilies of Israelis killed or abducted in the attack unveiled a 12-page dossier on Tuesday arguing that it was not simply an intelligence failure, but the result of a long-running policy under successive Netanyahu governments.
\nThe report cites repeated Israeli government decisions to reject strikes on Hamas leaders, facilitate Qatari funding for Gaza, and consistently dismiss warnings about the group\u2019s growing capabilities, treating it instead as a \u201ccalculated risk\u201d and useful counterweight to the Palestinian Authority.
\n\u201cThey attacked because they could. Israel\u2019s governments, which held the reins of power for nearly two decades, allowed it,\u201d the dossier claims.
\n\u201cIt could\u2019ve been prevented, but the prime minister chose not to act,\u201d Merav Svirsky, a relative of October 7 victims, said at the press conference, explaining that the catastrophe \u201cwas not merely a failure at a single moment. It was a choice to repeatedly ignore the warnings.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Svirsky pointed to recent reports that Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed had personally warned Netanyahu roughly ten days before October 7 that Hamas was preparing a major attack. According to Haaretz, Netanyahu downplayed the warning and did not pass it to his security chiefs.
\nIsraeli rights group B\u2019Tselem has also accused Netanyahu\u2019s government of carrying out a broader \u201cproject of elimination\u201d in the occupied West Bank. Its new report, also published on Tuesday, says the Israeli authorities and settlers are systematically dismantling Palestinian life through violence, movement restrictions, economic pressure, displacement, and territorial takeover.
\nB\u2019Tselem and Amnesty International have separately accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing mass killing, displacement, and the destruction of conditions necessary for civilian life.
\nThe accusations add to growing condemnation of the Israeli government for its actions in Gaza and the West Bank, which has led to allegations that Netanyahu deliberately allowed the October 7 assault to unfold in order to provide a pretext for a wider campaign.
\nHamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people in Israel and took 251 hostages on October 7, 2023. Israel\u2019s subsequent response has killed more than 73,700 Palestinians in Gaza and left much of the enclave in ruins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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