Clashes and violence during the protest demonstration near the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There are 9 arrests: according to the media, there is also a relative of one of the Israelis held hostage by Hamas. Online footage shows police using water cannons against protesters, whose protest is considered illegal, and one doctor who was struck reportedly ended up in hospital.
Protesters went to the prime minister’s home after tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Knesset, demanding early elections and a hostage deal with Hamas.
Document dated September 19 warned of the risk of a large-scale Hamas invasion and hostage taking
A document drafted by the IDF’s Directorate of Military Intelligence less than three weeks before October 7 warned that Hamas was training for a large-scale invasion of Israel in which hostages would be taken en masse. This was reported by the public broadcaster Kan, citing sources from the security forces.
The September 19 document estimates the number of hostages who would have been captured at 200-250. During the actual attack on October 7, 251 hostages were taken, while another 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians. The document was brought to the attention of senior intelligence officials, at least those in the Gaza Division. The government and military leaders claimed they were not warned of a planned imminent invasion at the time, The Times of Israel recalls.
The most extreme scenario for which the Gaza Division had prepared before October 7, the report concludes, was that of the irruption of dozens of terrorists who would have violated the border in three points, many fewer than the approximately 3 thousand who then entered Israel for the assault.
