Israel's Intelligence Failure: Overreliance on Tech and Ignoring Warnings Led to October 7 Attack

Israel's intelligence agencies and military's overreliance on technology, including high-tech defenses and artificial intelligence (AI), has been cited as a contributing factor to the intelligence failure that led to the surprise Hamas attack on October 7. Despite having collected sufficient data to anticipate the attack, a false sense of security was created by the belief that technology alone could prevent any breach. The failure highlighted the need for comprehensive intelligence gathering that includes human intelligence. The reputational damage caused by the failure, coupled with the continued use of AI and technology in the current conflict, has raised concerns about civilian casualties and the potential export of such technology and tactics to other countries.