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إسرائيل - فلسطين: الفرصة الأخيرة لحل عادل
Authors
Abdelhak Bassou
November 24, 2023
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Security & Defense
Armed conflicts
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MENA

في 6 أكتوبر 1973 تلقت السلطات الإسرائيلية تحذيرات عن احتمال اندلاع حرب على حدودها مع الدول العربية. هذا التحذير أكد المعلومات التي تم استلامها قبل بضعة أيام، ولكن أصحاب القرار السياسي والاستخبارات في اسرائيل لم يأخذوا الأمر على محمل الجد. حيث تعرضت إسرائيل لهجوم مفاجئ وعرف جيشها حالة من الهلع. وكانت الكارثة.

خمسون عاما بعد ذلك، تقريبًا في نفس اليوم، فوجئت إسرائيل بهجوم جديد. في صباح 7 أكتوبر 2023، عبر مئات الرجال مسلحين الحاجز بين إسرائيل وقطاع غزة، انتشروا في أكثر من 20 مكانًا، قتلوا أكثر من ألف إسرائيلي، حوالي 3,000 آخرين أصيبوا بجروح، واحتجزوا عددًا من الرهائن تم نقلهم الى داخل قطاع غزة (عدد سيُعرف على الأرجح بدقة عند نهاية الحرب). هنا أيضًا، تشير العديد من المصادر إلى أن السياسيين الإسرائيليين ربما استهانوا بتقارير بمعلومات عن هجوم وشيك انطلاقا من غزة

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