Netanyahu deliberately enabled Hamas October 7 attack – victims

Families of those killed say years of preserving the Palestinian group and ignoring warnings helped create the conditions for the massacre Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of deliberately aiding the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre through years of preserving the group’s rule in Gaza, allowing it to grow stronger. He is also said to have deliberately ignored warning signs of an attack.Families of Israelis killed or abducted in the attack unveiled a 12-page dossier on Tuesday arguing that it was not simply an intelligence failure, but the result of a long-running policy under successive Netanyahu governments.The report cites repeated Israeli government decisions to reject strikes on Hamas leaders, facilitate Qatari funding for Gaza, and consistently dismiss warnings about the group’s growing capabilities, treating it instead as a “calculated risk” and useful counterweight to the Palestinian Authority.“They attacked because they could. Israel’s governments, which held the reins of power for nearly two decades, allowed it,” the dossier claims.“It could’ve been prevented, but the prime minister chose not to act,” Merav Svirsky, a relative of October 7 victims, s...