You always deploy minimum reconnaissance in order to determine where/when/how deploy the larger force.
You cant fight / defend just by flying blind. Israel has 24/7 real-time monitoring situational mapping.
Israel didn't deploy any reconnaissance, not a single fighter.
Hundreds of people at multiple sites had working mobile phones and made calls. They had hours to react. They are listening to all telecoms traffic in/out Israel/Gaza in real-time with real-time artificial intelligence and statistical anomaly screening.
Also, they have multiple satellite company contracts for max. 10-15min delay feeds in key areas in addition to their own satellites. Not even bothering to mentions the thousands of motions sensors and cameras and surveillance units.
The idea that they din't catch this in real time is ridiculous. The idea that they didn't know anything or didn't know what to do for several hours is just well, laughable.
It was a setup from the get-go. Israel knew. "Hamas attack" was most likely part of Israel lead or Israel allowed operation.
Of course, there is a theoretical possibility, that ALL THE SYSTEMS failed, they disarmed certain units, shut down all their surveillance systems, broke all of their own internal military protocols, let some units on leave and refused to take incoming warnings. ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
The Bayesian probability for that is infinitesimally small.
Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself and Israel certainly wasn't surprised by the Hamas atack.
You always deploy minimum reconnaissance in order to determine where/when/how deploy the larger force.
You cant fight war flying blind.
It was a setup from the get-go.