The more important context is that exactly 50 years and 1 day before the attack, Israel was the victim of a surprise attack. Just like in this case. Intelligenc

The more important context is that exactly 50 years and 1 day before the attack, Israel was the victim of a surprise attack. Just like in this case. Intelligence failed. They had clues, they saw the forces amassed at the border. But leadership both in the military and the leadership level convinced itself that the enemy was defeated. This is a repeat of history on the damn anniversary of that failure! Leadership should have known. In fact, the head of opposition made a warning one month prior that there are forces coming in https://twitter.com/onehaham/status/1710628628692680925 https://twitter.com/onehaham/status/1710628628692680925 He understood there are risks from the briefings he got, but the prime minister was too busy trying to overthrow democracy to care. He probably wanted a war so he can assume power.