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By Philip Elliott Washington Correspondent, TIME U.S. Military Scrambled to Put More Intel Analysts on Hamas After Oct. 7 Massacre The D.C. Brief will be back next week. In the meantime, here's a look at some of the latest reporting from TIME's Washington Bureau, including Brian Bennett's latest scoop on CENTCOM's response to the attack on Israel. The U.S. military has scrambled to add more intelligence analysts to cover Israeli and Palestinian issues since Hamas launched its gruesome killing spree in southern Israel on Oct. 7, according to two people familiar with the changes. Analysts at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters near Tampa, Fla., who had been following Al Qaeda, Islamic State, and other militant groups were reassigned to also start tracking developments and information related to the emerging war between Israel and Hamas, said the people, who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized publicly to discuss the matter. The shift in resources was needed because leaders at CENTCOM, which oversees the U.S. war machine in the Middle East and Central Asia, had reduced the number of billets for civilian intelligence analysts tasked with keeping track of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the previous three years, said a person familiar with the changes. Those analysts that remained on the issue had focused less on Gaza and more on the West Bank and understanding internal Israeli politics, the person said. The reshuffle reflects how the Oct. 7 attacks sent shockwaves through the U.S. national security apparatus, upending its priorities in the region. It also raises questions about how the broader U.S. intelligence community allocated its resources in the months and years preceding Hamas’ surprise offensive. Read the Story » Share This Story

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