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Likud Denies Netanyahu Warning as Defamation Suit Filed

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Likud party issued an Oct 7, 2026 statement denying Netanyahu received any advance warning of the Oct 7 attack.
Netanyahu’s office called the warning allegations a wicked fabrication and filed a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz.
Former Shin Bet official Ilan Segev testified Netanyahu was briefed on Hamas’s capabilities and plans before the Oct 7 attack.
Former military secretary Avi Gil said Netanyahu’s chief of staff ordered a stenographer to change his Oct 7 call to 6:29 a.m.

History

Historical Context

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the 9/11 Commission—created in late 2002 and issuing a 585-page report in July 2004—exposed intelligence failures that spurred a bipartisan joint intelligence inquiry (an 832-page report released December 2002). The current Likud denial of any advance warning of the Oct 7 2026 Hamas assault echoes that historic pattern of official repudiation despite insider testimony from former Shin Bet officer Ilan Segev.

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Story summary

Likud party issued an Oct 7, 2026 statement denying Netanyahu received any advance warning of the Oct 7 attack.
Netanyahu’s office called the warning allegations a wicked fabrication and filed a defamation lawsuit against Haaretz.
Former Shin Bet official Ilan Segev testified Netanyahu was briefed on Hamas’s capabilities and plans before the Oct 7 attack.
Former military secretary Avi Gil said Netanyahu’s chief of staff ordered a stenographer to change his Oct 7 call to 6:29 a.m.

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