Israeli military knew Hamas was planning attack – media
IDF agents warned that the Palestinian militants were drilling for a hostage-grab operation, but were reportedly ignored by their superiors
A NATO report from 2022 adds that cognitive warfare is:
“…the most advanced form of human mental manipulation, to date, permitting influence over individual or collective behavior, with the goal of obtaining a tactical or strategic advantage. …the human brain becomes the battlefield. The pursued objective is to influence not only what the targets think, but also the way they think and, ultimately, the way they act.”