Naryshkin called the October 7 attack an “absolute failure” of Israeli intelligence. According to him, the degradation of Israel’s intelligence agencies was caused by “complex processes that are taking place in the world” and the chaos reigning in it.
Earlier, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew in advance about Hamas's plan to attack Israeli territory. The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said that the working conditions have changed significantly.