Transcript [00:01] NEWS NATION. [00:06] >> SOSA PHONE CALL A WARNING [00:09] AND THEN NOTHING. THAT'S [00:09] BASICALLY THE CRUX OF THESE [00:10] NEW ALLEGATIONS PUBLISHED BY [00:12] THE ISRAELI NEWSPAPER. HER [00:14] [00:14] ETSU REPORT OUTLINING HOW DAYS [00:17] BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH WHEN 6,000 [00:18] TERRORISTS PREACHED ISRAEL AND [00:19] KILLED MORE THAN 1200 PEOPLE. [00:20] THE PRESIDENT OF THE UAE, [00:25] MOHAMMED BIN SIAD. ALL KNOW [00:26] KHAN WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE [00:28] CALLED THE ISRAELI PRIME [00:28] MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU [00:29] AND SPOKE TO HIM FOR OVER 45 [00:31] MINUTES TELLING HIM A MAJOR [00:33] HAMAS TACKLES COME WARNING [00:35] THAT SO WHAT DID NETANYAHU DO [00:37] WITH THAT INFORMATION? [00:38] ACCORDING TO THE REPORTING, HE [00:40] SAT ON IT AND DID NOT TELL [00:41] U.S. SECURITY SERVICES. IT [00:43] STUNNING STORY. OF COURSE, IF [00:44] IT'S TRUE AND NOW THE PRIME [00:45] MINISTER SAYING IT'S NOT TRUE [00:48] AND THAT HE WILL SUE THE PAPER [00:50] OVER ITS PUBLICATION. LET'S [00:51] BRING IN ALONG LEVY ON THIS [00:54] FORMER SPOKESPERSON FOR THE [00:56] ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. HOW'S THE [00:57] STORY PLAYING OVER THERE? BY [00:58] THE WAY, AND ISRAEL OF THIS [01:00] NETANYAHU STORY, WHICH AS I [01:01] SAID, HE DENIES FALSE. AND [01:04] THIS STORY IS CAUSING REAL [01:04] SHOCK WAVES IN ISRAEL BECAUSE [01:05] NETANYAHU WAS WILL END. [01:07] >> MANY TIMES BEFORE THE [01:09] OCTOBER 7TH MASSACRE. THAT WAS [01:10] A HIGH RISK OF SCHOOL. I MEAN, [01:14] TRUE, THEN THIS REPORT WOULD [01:15] BE THE MOST SPECIFIC WARNING [01:16] THAT GOES UP WAS ABOUT TO [01:19] EXPLODE. NOW, MENTALLY, I WAS [01:22] DENYING THE REPORT. THE SAME [01:23] DIDN'T HAPPEN. THAT WAS NO [01:24] SUCH PHONE RIGHT? BUT THE FACT [01:27] IS THAT CRITICALLY [01:28] UNDERESTIMATED THREAT FROM [01:29] HAMAS, THE WHOLE ISRAELI [01:31] SECURITY SYSTEM DIDN'T SO THAT [01:32] UAE, WHICH ACCORDING TO THIS [01:33] REPORT, THOUGHT THAT IF IT'S [01:36] REALLY IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC [01:37] SITUATION IN GAZA. THIS WOULD [01:40] GO AWAY. ISRAEL DID NOT [01:41] REALIZE THAT GAZANS TERRORIST [01:44] ON WAS HELL-BENT ON INVADING [01:45] AND LAUNCHING A REGIONAL [01:50] NETANYAHU THOUGHT THAT HE [01:50] COULD BE APPEASED CAN TAKE IT [01:51] WAS A CATASTROPHIC [01:54] MISJUDGMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT [01:55] MOST ISRAELIS SUPPORT A STATE [01:57] COMMISSION INQUIRY THAT WILL [02:00] INVESTIGATE THE FAILURES OF [02:01] OCTOBER 7 ON THE FULL [02:02] ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERYONE [02:03] WHO WAS IN POWER. LET ME READ [02:05] FOR OUR VIEWERS SOME OF THE [02:06] SPECIFIC REPORTING RATS HERE [02:06] ON THE EXPLICIT WARNING THAT [02:07] WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECEIVE [02:09] DAYS BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH. THEY [02:12] REPORTING A 45 MINUTE [02:13] CONVERSATION BILLS. I ADD. [02:15] >> BEEN SIAD AGAIN. THE [02:16] PRESIDENT YOU WARNED THAT [02:18] YAHOO. HAMAS WAS PLANNING A [02:20] MAJOR OPERATION AGAINST ISRAEL [02:21] TO HIS SURPRISE. THE PRIME [02:22] MINISTER REACTED CALMLY HAMAS [02:25] INTENDED OPERATOR THE WEST [02:26] BANK. YOU SAID ISRAEL WAS [02:27] PREPARED FOR ANY SCENARIO. [02:29] AGAIN, THE PRIME MINISTER'S [02:31] OFFICES, PRESS REPORTS ARE [02:32] FALSE. BUT ALONG WITH IT [02:32] SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS THAT [02:33] YOU'RE SAYING EITHER WAY [02:37] NETANYAHU IS GOT AN ISSUE. [02:38] IT'S LIKE ALMOST KNOWN OR [02:39] SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OR SHOULD [02:40] HAVE ANTICIPATED. THERE WERE [02:41] PLENTY OF WARNINGS EVEN IF [02:42] THIS ONE IS TECHNICALLY NOT [02:42] TRUE. [02:47] >> THE OCTOBER 7TH MASSACRE [02:48] WAS THE RESULT MULTIPLE [02:49] FAILURES IN ISRAEL. THAT WAS [02:51] THE MOVE THAT TRAY FEBRUARY. [02:52] ONE OF WAS THE ARMY WHEN IT IS [02:53] NEED. THE HOW THAT IS RAMON [02:58] CONNECT ADULTS THAT WARNING [02:59] SIGNS. PEOPLE DIDN'T READ THEM [03:00] IN REAL TIME. STRATEGIC [03:03] FAILURE, A STRATEGIC FAILURE [03:05] THAT SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH [03:06] HAMAS IS NAMED AS WITH [03:08] THREATENING TO DESTROY ISRAEL [03:09] AND TALKING ABOUT AND [03:10] SACRIFICING THEIR OWN PEOPLE, [03:13] THAT THEY WERE EVIL SCUMBAGS [03:16] THAT WANTED TO GOVERN GAZA AND [03:17] COULD BE PULLED AND IF ISRAEL [03:19] JUST LET MORE MONEY FROM CASA [03:21] INTO GAZA ABOUT WOULD QUIET [03:23] THE SITUATION DOWN. THAT WAS A [03:26] STRATEGIC MISUNDERSTANDING [03:28] THAT EXPLODED CATASTROPHIC THE [03:29] ISRAEL SPACE. I WILL JUST SAY [03:32] NETANYAHU CLAIMS THAT IF THE [03:33] SECURITY SERVICES HAD WOKEN [03:35] HIM ONLY AN HOUR AGO, THEY [03:36] WERE ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER [03:38] 7TH. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN [03:39] PREVENTED. PREVENT IT. THAT'S [03:40] HIS VERSION OF A GUY SAW THAT [03:41] THAT HE SAID THAT YET. BUT BUT [03:42] HOW DO YOU THINK THIS PLAYS [03:43] OUT? IT IS REALLY ELECTIONS [03:43] NEXT MONTH FOR. ISRAEL'S [03:48] ELECTIONS ON 27TH OCTOBER. [03:50] OVERSHADOWED BY THE QUESTION [03:51] OF OCTOBER, 7TH. THERE IS A [03:53] HUGE DEAL OF I'VE GOT ABOUT [03:57] THE WAR ABOUT THE MASSACRE [04:00] ABOUT THE HOSTAGE CRISIS AT [04:00] MOMENT AND THEN TO TO TAKE [04:02] RESPONSIBILITY. HE OFF TO ROLL [04:03] IN POWER WHEN THIS HAPPENED. [04:06] ANGRY ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND [04:08] ECONOMIC COSTS OF THE BOARD AT [04:09] THE SCENE. SO MANY PEOPLE [04:11] SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DAYS IN [04:13] DUTY. THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR [04:18] ISSUES IN THE ELECTION. THE [04:19] OPPOSITION PARTIES ALL SAYING [04:20] IF THEY THEY WERE TOLD THAT A [04:23] STATE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY [04:26] AND THEY WANT TO INVESTIGATE [04:27] THE FAMILY NETANYAHU OF CALLS [04:28] FROM REJECTING THAT HE WANTS [04:29] TO HAVE A COMMISSION OF [04:32] INQUIRY THAT WILL BE APPOINTED [04:33] BY THE POLITICIANS RATHER THAN [04:35] JUDGES. BUT THE QUESTION OF [04:37] RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BIGGEST [04:40] HIS OFFICE. IS REYES STRAIGHT [04:41] RYE CENTER STAGE IN THE [04:43] ELECTIONS NEXT MON
Eylon Levy says the October 7 massacre exposed catastrophic failures across Israel’s military, intelligence and political leadership, arguing that the full truth and accountability must be established through a state commission of inquiry.
In this dramatic interview on NewsNation, former Israeli national spokesman Eylon Levy explains:
Why the reported UAE warning to Benjamin Netanyahu about an imminent Hamas attack is causing shockwaves in Israel, while Netanyahu denies that the phone call ever happened.
How Israel’s security establishment critically underestimated Hamas and failed to connect multiple warning signs before October 7.
Why he describes the belief that Hamas could be contained or deterred through economic measures and Qatari funding as a “catastrophic misjudgment.”
Why October 7 and the hostage crisis are expected to be major issues in Israel’s upcoming election, with widespread public demands for accountability.
Why Eylon says a state commission of inquiry is needed to investigate the military, intelligence and strategic failures surrounding the October 7 massacre.
The October 7 attack remains one of the defining moments in Israel’s modern history, raising profound questions about national security, intelligence failures, political responsibility and the decisions that preceded the Hamas invasion. Eylon argues that accountability must extend across everyone who held power at the time, while the Israeli public continues to demand answers about how such a devastating attack was allowed to happen.
🎯 “It was a catastrophic misjudgment, and that’s why most Israelis support a state commission of inquiry.”
