![Hamas' armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades hold a Palestinian flag as they destroy a tank of Israeli forces in Gaza City, Gaza on October 07, 2023. [Hani Alshaer - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AA-20231007-32334467-32334462-CLASHES_BETWEEN_PALESTINIAN_FACTIONS_AND_ISRAELI_FORCES.jpg)
The 7 October 2023 assault on Israel tore through one of the most fortified borders in the world and left its vaunted military humiliated. Hamas, with its ragtag arsenal and tunnels carved through sand, brought a nuclear-armed state to its knees. This was not just a tactical ambush. It was an existential reckoning. Israel, armed with the most sophisticated surveillance and weaponry on earth, was blindsided. Technology became its prison, not its shield. Drones, satellites, and AI-fed command centers could not read intent, could not decipher silence, could not see into the minds of men willing to die. As Ehud Yaari confessed, “Israel very likely had sufficient intelligence to anticipate a Hamas attack, yet was still unprepared. Technological superiority did […]
