Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting Kibbutz Nir Oz for the first time post-October 7, in July 2025. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPOAn emerging genre of books meticulously dissect the Israeli government and intelligence failures that led up to Hamas' October 7 attack. Yet all of these analyses sidestep Israel's 20-year blockade of Gaza or the long-term strategy that enabled Hamas' riseDahlia Scheindlin10:56 PM • June 02 2026 IDTIn those first few hours of October 7, in the frenzied struggle to make sense of the inconceivable, one thought ricocheted obsessively throughout the country: How is this happening?Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:PalestiniansIsrael occupationHamasIDFBenjamin NetanyahuIsrael-Gaza WarOctober 7West BankCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesLebanonTrump-NetanyahuMamdani-Israel ParadeGazaIsrael ElectionsRome PrideHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartHow the Strait of Hormuz Blockade Can Harm Marine Ecosystems Across the WorldThis West Bank Town Reveals: Bloodshed Is Policy, and It Crosses the Green LineIsraeli Deputy Mayor Arrested on Suspicion of Bribery, Rigged Tenders AffairGov't Passes Budget for Tribunal for Hamas Militants Who Participated in Oct. 7Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Pentagon Leaks Signal U.S. Effort to Blame Israel for Risks of Renewed Iran WarAfter October 7, More and More Americans and Britons Are Choosing Judaism. Why?