The Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, revealed that it was “surprised” by the Hamas movement’s attack on the settlements and military bases adjacent to the Gaza Strip on October 7, in a confession that is the first of its kind.

Israeli security expert Yossi Melman wrote in the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" on Friday, "The Israeli intelligence service Mossad admitted for the first time that it was surprised by the events of October 7," adding, "This came in a document prepared by Mossad for the new edition of the bulletin of the Center for the Heritage and Commemoration of Israeli Intelligence," Which includes details of the agency’s activity during the war in Gaza.”

Melman pointed out that “the confession may seem self-evident, but it actually carries importance when it appears in an official agency publication,” saying, “Although the document was not signed, it is clear to anyone familiar with the work procedures of the organization (Mossad) that all A speech in it was approved by Mossad Director David Barnea.”

He stated that the document clarifies that “the Mossad - within the scope of its role - does not focus on the Palestinian arena, but from a practical standpoint, it certainly has contact and interaction with many parties related to this field.”

Military leaders and in the intelligence sector in particular submitted their resignation in light of the miserable failure on October 7, such as the head of the Israeli army’s intelligence service, Major General Ahron Haleva, while sources talk about the possibility of Chief of Staff Harensi Halevy submitting his resignation.

The Mossad had pledged to liquidate Hamas leaders abroad, while countries in the region, such as Turkey, warned the Hebrew state against carrying out assassinations within its territory.

On October 7, Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza launched Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” in response to “the continuing attacks by Israeli forces and settlers against the Palestinian people, their property, and their sanctities, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem.”

Hundreds of Israelis were killed during the attack, and the Palestinian resistance factions, led by Hamas, captured at least about 239 people, exchanging dozens of them with Israel during a temporary humanitarian truce that lasted 7 days and ended early last December.

Since that date, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip that left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of children and the elderly, which required Tel Aviv to appear before the International Court of Justice on charges of "Genocide".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is being widely criticized in Israeli circles, as a result of its failure to predict in advance the attack launched by Palestinian fighters on settlements adjacent to Gaza on October 7.