03
November 2025
Past Event
Understanding the Strategic Surprise of October 7

To request an invitation, please email Natalie Arbatman at narbatman@hudson.org.

 

 

Other inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Understanding the Strategic Surprise of October 7

Past Event
Invite Only
November 03, 2025
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03
November 2025
Past Event

To request an invitation, please email Natalie Arbatman at narbatman@hudson.org.

 

 

Other inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Speaker:
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Itai Brun

Former Head, Intelligence Directorate Research Division, Israel Defense Forces

Moderator:
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Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Brigadier General (Res.) Itai Brun will join Senior Fellow Dr. Michael Doran to examine the strategic, organizational, and analytical factors that enabled Hamas’s October 7 surprise attack. They will explore how Israel’s security apparatus failed to adapt to Hamas’s evolving strategy due to institutional blind spots and an inaccurate threat perception. They will also identify meaningful lessons Israel and other nations should learn to strengthen their preparedness.

To request an invitation, please email Natalie Arbatman at narbatman@hudson.org.

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