Israel's Intelligence Failure Exposed: Grave Repercussions Await Middle East

Israel's intelligence failure in detecting the Hamas attacks can be attributed to their over-reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) and the abandonment of contrarian analysis. The decision to prioritize AI over critical thinking and structured deductive methodology, which was implemented after the intelligence failure of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, led to a culture of complacency and a failure to anticipate the complex and massive undertaking by Hamas. The U.S. intelligence community also failed to detect the attack, highlighting the limitations of relying on Israeli intelligence. The article argues that Israel's over-reliance on AI and the corruption of algorithms by Hamas resulted in a tragic chapter in Israeli history.