A former top military aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broken his silence. He claims that warnings about the October 7 attack were shared with the Prime Minister’s office well before it happened.

Major General Avi Gil, who served as Netanyahu's military secretary, says the government was warned about potential trouble at every level. He told reporters that these warnings were clear.

But the accusations do not stop there. There are serious claims that someone in the Prime Minister’s office tried to change the official records of what happened that day. Records are the written notes of meetings or phone calls. Changing them to make the past look different is a crime.

The police are now looking into these claims. They reportedly believe there is enough evidence to charge the Prime Minister’s chief of staff with trying to alter those documents. The chief of staff is the person who runs the Prime Minister's day-to-day office.

Furthermore, Gil claims that Netanyahu held back on making a deal to get hostages back for his own political gain.

Another person who was there when the news of the attack first reached the Prime Minister, Avi Gil, described the situation as a "pattern of criminal behavior." He says he has been quiet for three years, but now he feels he must speak up.

Netanyahu’s office has faced intense pressure as these stories come out. These reports suggest that the leadership was not just caught by surprise, but may have also tried to cover up how they handled the situation once the fighting started.

Source: CNN