Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to apologise on Sunday for accusing his intelligence chiefs of failing to warn him about the threat of a large-scale attack by Hamas.
In a statement posted on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday and now deleted, Mr Netanyahu said: “At no time and no stage was a warning given to prime minister Netanyahu regarding war intentions of Hamas.
“On the contrary, all security officials, including the head of army intelligence and the head of the Shin Bet, estimated that Hamas was deterred and interested in an arrangement.”
