Netanyahu ‘concealed’ warnings of Oct. 7 Hamas attack – former IDF chief

Dan Halutz has laid ultimate responsibility for the deadly security failure on the Israeli prime minister Former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Dan Halutz has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of concealing warnings ahead of the October 7 attack and laid ultimate responsibility for the deadly security failure on him.Halutz was responding to a Haaretz report alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu about a major operation being planned by Hamas ten days before the incursion. Netanyahu reportedly downplayed the threat and did not alert Israel’s security chiefs.Netanyahu’s office called the report an “absolute lie,” while the UAE neither confirmed nor denied the allegation.In an interview aired by Israeli radio station 103FM on Sunday, Halutz said he believed the reported conversation had indeed occurred and claimed there were multiple indications that Netanyahu knew more than he disclosed. “What could be simpler for the Emirati prince than to say there was no conversation if there was no conversation?... There are so many supporting reasons to understand that the man knew far more than he told those responsible for solving the problems after...