E358. While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East - Yaakov Katz

E358. While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East - Yaakov Katz

Author: Conversations with people from all walks of life. October 2, 2025 Duration: 1:19:05
This week, Bridget welcomes journalist Yaakov Katz for an in-depth conversation about his book While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East. He and Bridget tackle the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7th, 2023. They cover a brief history of the conflict in the region, Israel’s misguided policy of containment, the misunderstandings caused by the application of a Western mindset to a completely different...

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