Extra: How Did Hamas Catch Israel Intelligence Off Guard?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Israel is warning that their effort to 'crush' Hamas will be 'lengthy' and 'lethal'. With their enemy hiding in the crowded streets and complex network of tunnels of Gaza, entering the city and eliminating the terrorists behind October 7th's brutal attack on their country will be a serious challenge. FOX News Contributor and retired CIA Clandestine Services officer Dan Hoffman recently joined host Dave Anthony to discuss those very challenges and why he believes this war will be very bloody. Hoffman described the dangers of urban warfare and fighting an enemy who is willing to use civilians as human shields. The former CIA officer was also blunt about why he was pessimistic about the fate of many of the hostage takes by Hamas. We made edits for time and thought you might like to hear our entire conversation with Dan Hoffman. On today's FOX News Rundown Extra, you'll hear even more of his expertise and why he thinks there were significant intelligence failures leading up to the deadly attacks on Israel earlier this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Fox News rundown Extra.
0:07.0	I'm Dave Anthony.
0:10.0	Today another focus on Israel, and its war against
0:13.9	Thomas terrorists and Iran and its other enemies.
0:17.3	You'll hear from Dan Hoffman, who knows a thing or two about all this.
0:21.4	He used to be a senior CIA clandestine services officer in parts of the world, dealing
0:28.1	with dangerous people that few of us can imagine or relate to.
0:33.0	We discussed what went wrong with intelligence, why Hamas's attack on Israel wasn't detected,
0:39.6	what we can expect and what could be a long conflict and why he's not very optimistic
0:44.6	about the fate of the hostages Hamas is holding in Gaza.
0:48.0	But because Dan and I taught for quite a while, we had to trim some of the conversation
0:52.7	for the regular rundown podcast we posted the day after President Biden went to Israel
0:57.3	and then addressed the nation from the Oval Office.
1:00.0	Now today we've put it all back in for a weekend extra.
1:05.4	And we thank you for listening.
1:07.1	We hope you come back for more.
1:09.2	Subscribe if you haven't already.
1:10.6	You know we're here with new stuff every day.
1:13.3	And now Dan Hoffman on the Fox News rundown Extra.
1:21.5	Joining us again on the Fox News rundown is Dan Hoffman, retired CIA senior clandestine
1:25.8	services officer now a Fox News contributor as we continue to follow Israel's war against
1:32.5	Hamas terrorists now almost two weeks old.
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