Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his country's government is ready to provide all necessary assistance to Israel in light of the escalation of the situation in the Middle East.
A statement issued by Trudeau, yesterday, Sunday, said: “To our Israeli friends: Canadians are with you. The government of Canada is ready to support you, and our support for the Israeli people is unwavering.”
Trudeau condemned the Palestinian attack on Israel, called for the release of all Israeli prisoners, and promised to work with Canada's international partners to bring peace to the region.
Trudeau stated on his page on the “X” platform (“Twitter”) that in memory of the murdered Jews, he ordered that the national flags of Canada on the Parliament buildings in Ottawa be flown at half-mast, and that the main tower of this complex be illuminated with blue and white lights symbolizing the colors of the Israeli flag.
Last Saturday, Hamas launched Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” during which Israel was targeted with several thousand missiles from the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian fighters also carried out specific operations.
In response, the Israeli army launched Operation Iron Swords, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Palestinians to leave Gaza, threatening to destroy the Hamas movement and turn Gaza into ruins.
An American analyst identifies an unexpected reason for the failure of Israeli intelligence in the “Al-Aqsa Flood”
Former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter considered that one of the main mistakes committed by Israeli intelligence, which prevented it from predicting a Hamas attack, was boasting about artificial intelligence.
Analyst Ritter wrote in his article published in the newspaper “Consortium News”: “The grave mistake committed by Israel was to publicly boast about the role of artificial intelligence in Operation Wall Guard (the code name for the operation in the Gaza Strip in 2021), It appears that Hamas was able to control The flow of information collected by Israel.
According to Ritter, the Israeli Electronic Intelligence Unit has spent billions of dollars collecting a wide range of intelligence in the Gaza Strip (cell phone calls, emails, text messages), noting that “Gaza is the most photographed (and monitored) place on the planet, thanks to photographs of Satellites, drones and surveillance cameras, it is estimated that every square meter of Gaza is photographed every ten minutes.”
The former intelligence officer pointed out that it has become impossible to process such a volume of information and intelligence data through standard analysis methods based on the human mind, in which Israel relied on artificial intelligence and used it successfully against Hamas in Operation “Guardian of the Walls” unless It is Israel's public use of this type of capabilities that has given Hamas the ability to "go into the shadows" in using cell phones, computers, and other intelligence sources.
Ritter noted that Hamas was likely maintaining the same level of communications to avoid arousing enemy suspicions while simultaneously implementing a detailed disinformation plan.
“It is certainly possible that Hamas maintained its physical movements and activity to ensure that the Israeli AI algorithms were confident that nothing strange was happening,” the analyst wrote.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” at dawn on Saturday, October 7, 2023, firing more than 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip. Palestinian fighters also carried out specific operations, storming a number of settlements around the border and engaging in street warfare with Israeli forces.
For its part, the Israeli army launched Operation “Iron Swords” in response to the “Al-Aqsa Flood” and launched raids on the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called on the Palestinians to leave Gaza, threatening to destroy the “Hamas” movement and turn Gaza into ruin.