Senior security officials say the prime minister dismissed IDF and Shin Bet concerns over unfounded allegations that damaged ties with Cairo, even as hostage negotiations were undermined.

The terrorist organization may have been weakened, but it is using every spare moment to rebuild. The strategy is to deny Israel a pretext to strike, while quietly rebuilding its power with vast sums of money smuggled in by Iran. If the US and its allies in the region want to settle the matter, there is only one thing they can do.

As part of its reckoning with the failures exposed by the October 7 massacre, the IDF is presenting a fundamental overhaul of how the Israeli Air Force responds to sudden, eruptive border incidents.

When betrayal at the top normalizes treason at the bottom, the entire security fabric unravels. This is what happens when leaders protect their cronies instead of the state.