Current sectionOpinionOpinion Share 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 formatSubscribeRaviv Drucker01:01 AM • June 09 2026 IDTIt's not just in Israel that officials debated over whether to wake the security cabinet on October 7, 2023. It turns out that Hezbollah officials also debated over whether to wake the organization's then-leader, Hassan Nasrallah, at 6:30 A.M. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:MossadPalestinian AuthorityHamasIDFShin BetGazaHezbollahBenjamin NetanyahuOctober 7CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTerror AttackWest BankGulfLebanonGermany-IsraelRachel Goldberg-PolinHaQuizHaaretz PodcastWill Anyone Stop Israel Sliding Into Another War?Israel's New State Comptroller Is a Gatekeeper With No GateDismantling UNRWA Won't Erase the Conflict It RepresentsTrump Called an Israel-Iran Timeout but Lebanese Impasse Threatens More FightingNetanyahu Looked for a Way to Restart the War – and Found OneRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know AboutOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central Israel'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base