Ep 227: Yaakov Katz on What Went Wrong on 10/7

School of War · Sep 2, 2025 · 51m

Yaakov Katz, senior fellow at The Jewish People Policy Institute and author of While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East, joins the show to discuss Israel’s intelligence and military failures on the night of 6-7 October, 2023.

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• 01:35 Introduction

• 02:47 Foundational facts

• 09:45 Communication failure

• 17:39 Minority reports

• 25:40 Left alone

• 30:15 Accountability

• 39:37 Cultural costs

• 47:30 A deal

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