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This is Fresh Air. I'm Terry Gross.

There are so many questions surrounding Israel's failure to detect that

Hamas was planning a devastating attack on Israel.

Why had Israeli intelligence and military leaders become relatively dismissive

of the threat posed by Hamas, focusing instead on Hezbollah?

When security officials did try to warn Prime Minister Netanyahu

that Israel's enemies might be planning an attack, why did Netanyahu ignore the warnings?

After Hamas launched the attack, why did it take so long for Israeli soldiers to arrive

where Israelis were being slaughtered?

My guest, Mark Mazetti, co-wrote with Ronan Bergman and Maria Abihabib,

a long article investigating those questions.

He's a New York Times investigative reporter based in Washington focusing on national security.

He's also been reporting on the negotiations between Israel, Saudi Arabia and the US,

toward a deal in which the Saudis would recognize Israel in return for the US

selling more arms to the Saudis and signing a mutual defense agreement with the US.

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