The Oct. 7 Warning That Israel Ignored

<p> 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.</p><p>Ronen Bergman, a correspondent for The New York Times, tells the story of one of the warnings that Israel ignored.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/ronen-bergman">Ronen Bergman</a>, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the Oct. 7 attack in detail. Israeli officials<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html"> dismissed it as aspirational</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/04/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news">Here’s the latest</a> on the war.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>