While Israel Slept
How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East
$40.75
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2025
Summary
A powerful indictment of the political and military decisions that led to October 7, While Israel Slept tells the gripping inside story of how Hamas, Israel’s weakest enemy, succeeded in launching a surprise attack on one of the world’s most powerful militaries.
Through a detailed examination of the events leading up to October 7, 2023, the book exposes the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled this devastating invasion. It takes readers back in time, showing how y…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250345684 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250345685 |
| Author: | Yaakov Katz, Amir Bohbot |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 226mm x 146mm |
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Critics Review
“An important account of Oct. 7 and the road to the disaster.”
–Jerusalem Post
“A worthy contribution to the literature of Middle Eastern geopolitics.”
–Kirkus
”[An] excellent new book.”
–Bret Stephens, New York Times
“A shocking, detailed, and gripping investigation of the Israeli catastrophe of Oct. 7, 2023, by two of the country’s best journalists. A necessary book for anyone hoping to begin figuring out what happened and how to ensure it doesn’t happen again.”
–Matti Friedman, author of Spies of No Country and Pumpkinflowers
“A clear-eyed post mortem… Not only are the recommendations critical for Israel’s security but the warning about the cost of a divided nation is grist for America as well.”
–Wendy Sherman, former U.S. deputy secretary of state
“How could it happen? While Israel Slept tells the gripping, painful story of what led to Israel’s failures on October 7- and what must be done to prevent it from ever happening again.”
–Elliott Abrams, former U.S. deputy national security adviser and special representative for Iran
“This searing, sobering, eye-opening book is necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand what happened on October 7 and why – and for everyone who cares about Israel’s future.”
–Sarah Hurwitz, author of Here All Along, former White House speechwriter
About The Author
Yaakov Katz
Yaakov Katz is the former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. He writes for Newsweek and the Jewish Chronicle, hosts the JPPI weekly podcast and has appeared on CNN and BBC. He is the author of Shadow Strike and the co-author with Amir Bohbot of Weapon Wizards.
Dr. Amir Bohbot is a journalist, lecturer at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and senior researcher at Bar Ilan University. He worked for Maariv, and has since served as the military and defense correspondent for Walla.
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