Soldiers who raised concerns about suspicious activity at Gaza border were threatened with court martial?

Daily Mail

I have to admit, while acknowledging I could be mistaken the Oct 7/th attack seems LIHOP’ish. Cause when life hands you lemons you make lemonade right? So, why wouldn’t Israel take advantage to achieve their own goals?

Worried soldiers who raised concerns about suspicious activity in the days leading to Hamas terror raids on Israel were threatened with court martial, it has emerged.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet have faced stiff criticism from Israelis who have accused them of being caught out by the raids which left more than 1,200 dead.

A further 239 people were taken hostage and although a handful have been released there are dozens of worried families still waiting for news on loved ones.

Now Israel’s leading Channel 12 news programme has broadcast claims from female soldiers they were threatened with court martial for raising concerns before the October 7 attack.

One said: ‘We were told that if we continue to harass on this issue, you will stand trial.’

The soldiers said they had raised concerns for weeks beforehand about suspicious activity on Israel’s southern border with the Gaza strip and which they said ‘raised red flags’. Commanders were informed of ‘training, anomalies and preparations’ near the border and the soldiers told Channel 12 they had seen ‘new people visiting farms around the border’.One said: ‘More and more people who had never visited the area suddenly came to it, and farmers who used to come suddenly stopped working on the fields and were replaced.’ The soldiers said this ‘rang alarm bells’ with them but when they voiced their concerns to commanding officers in the Israeli Defence Force they were brushed aside. One allegedly said: ‘I don’t want to hear about this nonsense again. If you bother with these things again, you will stand trial.’Another is said to have snorted: ‘Hamas are just a bunch of punks, they won’t do anything.’