Netanyahu was prime minister for 9 months before this attack. There were two other PM’s for 1 1/2 years before that. I think we need to look into the appointment of IDF officers over the last 2 years. In the US we have officers who are being appointed for their wokeness by the Biden admin. Was a similar thing going on in Israel?
While I agree organizations today are more about politics than they are about doing their jobs, I suspect the real problem was normalcy bias. The Israelis thought any attack would be stupid as they supply the power and water and allow the food and supplies to go into Gaza. They’d reason that any attack would be idiocy therefore there wouldn’t be an attack. They’ve been told all about the need for diversity and to accept people who are different. The assumption is that those people who are different are exactly the same as you but have a different color or religion. But none of that matters because...COEXIST. I doubt you’d see that bumper sticker in Gaza. I only see it on cars around my local campus.