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   Israel vs Hamas: Donald Trump's potential role in Mossad intel failure in   
   spotlight   
   New YorkEdited By: Mukul SharmaUpdated: Oct 10, 2023, 10:12 AM IST   
      
   Former US President Donald Trump's alleged act of sharing classified   
   intelligence with Russian officials in 2017 has come back into the   
   spotlight once again amid an ongoing state of war in Israel after one of   
   the deadliest attacks on the country by Hamas militants.   
      
   In 2017, Trump reportedly shared intelligence related to the ISIS plot in   
   West Asia as well as 'flight safety' issues with the Russian Foreign   
   Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in Washington DC. The   
   purported intelligence had reportedly come from Israel.   
      
   Back then, concerns were raised that Russia may share the Israeli   
   intelligence details with Iran, a staunch supporter of Hamas as well as   
   the chief backer of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group, Newsweek reported.   
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   This weekend, Hamas, recognised as a terrorist group by the United States   
   and the European Union, launched one of the deadliest attacks against   
   Israel in decades, resulting in one of the most damaging days of violence   
   in the Israel-Palestine conflict.   
      
   Questions raised on Donald Trump's intelligence-sharing moment from 2017   
      
   Prominent American commentators hinted at Trump's alleged role in   
   intelligence-sharing with Russia as a potential reason why Hamas was able   
   to dodge the Israeli intelligence network as it went on to launch one of   
   its deadliest attacks on Israel in decades, catching Israelis off-guard.   
      
   "This isn't hard to follow," musician and author Mikel Jollett wrote on X,   
   formerly known as Twitter.   
      
   "Trump gave military intel to the Russians. The Russians, who are   
   extremely close allies with Iran, gave it to Iran. Iran gave that   
   information to Hamas. Hamas used it to attack Israel. This is why intel   
   security matters. Republicans DO NOT CARE."   
      
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   Thom Hartmann, author and political commentator, posted on X: "Hamas   
   apparently knew how to get around Israel's Iron Dome defenses. They   
   probably learned this from Iran. Iran almost certainly got the information   
   from Russia. And who gave it to Russia? Sure looks like it was Donald   
   Trump, at the request of Putin."   
      
   Israeli officials remain stunned that a Hamas assault of such scale that   
   must have required months of planning and entailed a significant military   
   buildup could not be detected by them.   
      
   In his defence, Trump, in 2017, had justified sharing sensitive   
   intelligence with Russia at the White House.   
      
   "As president, I wanted to share with Russia (during an openly scheduled   
   WH meeting) facts related to terrorism and airline flight safety, which I   
   have an absolute right to do. This was driven by humanitarian reasons, and   
   I also aimed to encourage Russia to enhance its efforts against ISIS and   
   terrorism."   
      
   https://www.wionews.com/world/israel-vs-hamas-donald-trumps-potential-   
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