Former IDF chief Herzi Halevi refutes claims that he should have alerted PM Netanyahu before Hamas's October 7 attack, stating that there were no warnings of the imminent threat. Halevi denies needing approval to deploy forces and dismisses conspiracy theories of internal betrayal.
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