The Christian Science Monitor<p>The Hamas forces that carried out the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre penetrated a $1.1 billion, high-tech Israeli barrier on the Gaza border. Israel’s army and Shin Bet security force say they failed by relying on technology at the expense of human intelligence. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamas</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestinians</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0312/israel-hamas-intelligence-failure-technology?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/World/Middle-Eas</span><span class="invisible">t/2025/0312/israel-hamas-intelligence-failure-technology?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE MIDDLE EAST? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/what-s-next-for-the-middle-east-9e1grtjsz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>what-s-next-for-the-middle-east-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>