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The Yom Kippur War: How Israel missed the warning signs before the surprise attack - opinion
Israel’s greatest failure in the Yom Kippur War was self-inflicted, as intelligence chief Eli Zeira’s confidence in his own assessment led Israel to dismiss mounting warnings of an Arab attack.
- Israel’s greatest failure in the Yom Kippur War was self-inflicted, as intelligence chief Eli Zeira’s confidence in his own assessment led Israel to dismiss mounting warnings of an Arab attack.
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- The Yom Kippur War: How Israel missed the warning signs before the surprise attack - opinion
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