October 7 Becomes Netanyahu's 'Political Kryptonite' - RT Report (VIDEO)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting accusations of ignoring warnings ahead of the October 7 Hamas attack, RT reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing mounting accusations of ignoring warnings ahead of a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, as a bitter blame game unfolds for one of Israel's worst security failures in the final weeks of the election campaign.

Former Shin Bet head Ronen Barr has filed a defamation suit against Netanyahu, accusing him of falsely blaming intelligence officials for the attack despite receiving repeated warnings about security threats.

The Hamas-led attack killed around 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military offensive on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials.

Barr is seeking $1 million in damages, having warned the prime minister of the growing danger in the months before the attack. He says a long trail of documents misrepresents Netanyahu's account of events.

"Israel's worst disaster has become political kryptonite," RT's Charlotte Dubensky reported from Jerusalem on Friday as the country prepares to go to the polls on Oct. 27.

However, Netanyahu maintains that Barr failed to warn him of the imminent threat on the morning of the attack, despite discussing the warning signs with senior military officials. He has accused the former intelligence chief of not taking steps that could have prevented the bloodshed.

More questions have been raised by Netanyahu's former military minister Avi Stagill, who claims authorities tried to change the time of a recorded phone call on the morning of October 7.

The prime minister also denied reports that he received early warnings from Egyptian intelligence and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed. The claims have drawn criticism from political rivals, including former prime minister Naftali Bennett and former army chief Gadi Eisenkot.

Questions have also been raised about how Netanyahu will handle the next Gaza war. Nitzan Alon, a former Israeli hostage negotiator, has suggested that political considerations delayed a deal that could have brought the captives home much sooner.

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"We probably could have saved the hostages who died in captivity, and we missed that opportunity," Allon said.