The former Turkish diplomat, Omer Murat, in statements made on social media platform X, asserted that the recent attacks by Hamas against Israel last week were the result of an internal power struggle within the state of Israel. Murat’s statements were as follows:
“Five motorcycles, each carrying two Hamas fighters, cross the Gaza border and seemingly locate the Israeli military intelligence center responsible for controlling the border as if by magic. It’s typically a highly secure building, but they manage to enter through an unlocked door, kill the two Israeli soldiers inside, and seize the building.
How did Hamas obtain such detailed information about the weaknesses of the Israeli army? There is still no satisfactory answer to this question.
Another intriguing piece of information is this: Israel, in 2014 and again in May 2021, openly considered a significant Hamas military base in Gaza as a threat and bombed it from the air. However, satellite images show that this base has significantly expanded in the past year and a half. The paratroopers who played a significant role in the October 7th Hamas attack were also trained there. The Israeli army either didn’t notice these developments or chose to ‘watch.’
The Netanyahu government has yet to provide a convincing explanation for the security gap that led to such a significant vulnerability along the Gaza border. There is no doubt among experts that there has been a monumental failure on both the military and intelligence fronts.
Under these circumstances and based on the available information, my own ‘conspiracy theory’ is as follows: Israel was embroiled in a significant internal conflict due to attempts by the extreme right-wing coalition led by Netanyahu to curtail the powers of the Supreme Court.
By relaxing security measures along the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu essentially sent an invitation to Hamas, saying, ‘Come on in.’ Perhaps his goal was to rally the Israeli public around him after Hamas’s attack.
However, he probably did not anticipate that Hamas could exploit this gap to carry out such a massive assault. The attack had a profoundly unsettling effect on the trust that the Israeli state had in its people. There is no explanation for a relatively simple organization with basic weaponry and equipment, such as drones, bulldozers, motorcycles, and paratroopers, being able to breach the border with Israel’s military capabilities, except incompetence or neglect (if not betrayal).
The Israeli public must be thinking along these lines, as a recent poll indicates that 4 out of 5 Israelis blame the government and Netanyahu for last week’s attack (including 79% of government supporters). A majority of Israeli Jews want Netanyahu to resign at the end of the conflict.”
