Intro

 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.

Ronen Bergman, a correspondent for The New York Times, tells the story of one of the warnings that Israel ignored.

Guest: Ronen Bergman, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine.

Background reading: 

• A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the Oct. 7 attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational.
• Here’s the latest on the war.

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