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While Israel Slept, the new book by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot, tells  the gripping inside story of how Hamas, Israel’s weakest enemy, succeeded in launching a surprise attack on one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Through a detailed examination of the events leading up to October 7, 2023, the book exposes the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled this devastating invasion. It takes readers back in time, showing how years of complacency, mistaken intelligence analysis, and a misguided policy of containment enabled Hamas to prepare for an assault that Israel did not believe was possible and that would change the Middle East. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with co-author Yaakov Katz.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.