{
  "id": 4962301,
  "title": "Netanyahu claims defense officials intentionally failed to wake him in hours before Oct. 7 attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/netanyahu-claims-defense-officials-intentionally-failed-to-wake-him",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T23:13:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Times of Israel",
    "slug": "the-times-of-israel",
    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-claims-defense-officials-intentionally-failed-to-wake-him-in-hours-before-oct-7-attack/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that defense officials intentionally failed to wake him on the morning of the October 7 Hamas attacks. According to Netanyahu, these officials knew that if he were informed, he would have ordered the mobilization of the army and attacks on anyone approaching the border, which he believes would have triggered a Hamas attack.\n\nNetanyahu made these allegations during a live interview on Instagram, stating that the officials' inaction prevented him from taking action that could have contained the attack. He also mentioned that he had previously made similar claims, but only recently has he suggested that the failure to wake him was intentional.\n\nNetanyahu's wife, Sara, has also made claims related to the events leading up to the attack, stating that opposition figure Yair Golan knew about the plan for the Hamas attack before it happened, according to Free Malaysia Today.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Israel PM says security officials deliberately didn’t wake him on Oct 7",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/israel-pm-says-security-officials-deliberately-didnt-wake-him-on-oct-7",
        "published": "2026-09-01T23:14:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Sa'ar, Herzog meet officials from DRC in tie strengthening visit to Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/saar-herzog-meet-officials-from-drc-in-tie-strengthening-visit-to",
        "published": "2026-09-02T00:30:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}