Inside Israel’s War Room: What Really Happened After October 7

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The Free Press · collected 2026-10-05 · by Coleman Hughes

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Elliot Kaufman's book "In the War Room" examines Israel's intelligence failure leading up to Hamas's October 7 invasion three years ago, which Israeli intelligence had deemed improbable. The book details how close Hamas came to achieving its goals and explores why Israel was caught off guard, based on two years of research and reporting.
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Story summary

Three years ago in October, Hamas launched a surprise invasion against Israel, an attack that Israel's intelligence services had considered nearly impossible. According to Elliot Kaufman’s new book *In the War Room*, this confidence was misplaced, highlighting how close Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader, came to achieving his goals. Kaufman spent approximately two years reporting on this conflict to provide detailed insights into the war room strategies and the unexpected nature of the attack.

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The Free Press · 225 article(s) · 0 correction(s) detected
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Who wrote this

Coleman Hughes
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Topics

Hamas Israel

Subjects

Hamas ORG · 2× Elliot Kaufman’s PERSON · 1× Israel GPE · 1× Kaufman PERSON · 1× Yahya Sinwar PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Elliot Kaufman’s new book, In the War Room, explains why that confidence was misplaced, and just how close Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar came to succeeding.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05
2026-10-05 · The Free Press
Inside Israel’s War Room: What Really Happened After October 7 · assertive framing

Claims (3 extracted, 0 hedged)

Three years ago this week, Hamas launched an invasion that Israel’s own intelligence services considered essentially impossible. asserted
services → launch → invasion
Elliot Kaufman’s new book, In the War Room, explains why that confidence was misplaced, and just how close Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar came to succeeding. asserted
Sinwar → explain → Room
Kaufman spent the better part of the last two years reporting on this war … asserted
Kaufman → spend → war
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