The question is... Was there an intelligent failure?
If Israel had started bombing GAZA based on intelligence of a ‘planned’ attack, what would the UN and it’s anti-Israeli membership say to and about Israel?
The would say the same things they are saying now... That the Israeli’s are occupiers and that they’re oppressing the Palestinian squatters. Israel can’t provoke attacks, they need to be be provoked...
Otherwise they are the bad guys, and they don’t like being the bad guys. They try their best not to be the bad guys... They warn civilians before they bomb a building and their ratio of combatant to civilian’s killed is one of the most astounding in modern warfare... 6 or 7 combatants for every civilian killed.
They likely had some intel saying an attack was coming... The date and time was probably being debated, but they obviously knew an attack was coming.
Taking preventative measures is difficult for a country that is constantly being attacked for it’s very existence by an organization who’s stated goal is a more peaceful world... Sadly, the UN’s idea of a peaceful world is a world without Jews.
Well Israel could and should have fortified its border upon receiving the information.