Spoon bender Uri Geller has slammed the Israeli intelligence agency for failing to predict the devastating recent Hamas attacks.
The "colossal failure" saw a furious Geller, 76, hit out at those who had failed to have the psychic foresight to prepare for the attack. Geller is refusing to flee his Tel Aviv house following continued bombing runs in Israel.
Geller had previously been injured in the Six-Day War of 1967, and is now speaking out on the "viciousness, the hatred" of invading forces. He has since described the attack as "Israel's 9/11".
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Fatalities are continuing to climb, with 600 Israeli's now feared dead with thousands more injured during an unprecedented attack. Geller has hit out at Israeli intelligence for their failure to monitor movements made in the lead-up to the attack.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Geller said: "I see this first of all as a colossal, major failure of Israeli intelligence. The terrorists attacked us through the air, through the land and they also tried to penetrate through the sea.
"50 years ago, the Yom Kippur War, we were also taken by surprise. So this is the anger that I see now here and I hear about – how on earth we as one of the most powerful nations in the world with the best intelligence agencies, how come we did not detect many vehicles being prepared.
"This Hamas move to infiltrate settlements has been planned. It has been planned by many people. It has been planned by for many days, probably many weeks, maybe even many months. So the big question is, the anger is, how come our intelligence did not pick this up?"
His fury at the lack of preparation extended to those who were now left "stranded" by the lack of preparation. Geller added: "Where were all the Cobra helicopters, the Aperture helicopters, Apaches when these vehicles started – where was the army?
"People were left stranded there." Psychic Geller had previously worked for Israeli government agency Mossad in the late 1960s and says more preparation should have been taken by the group.
The militant Hamas group has since rained down 2,500 missiles into Israel and hit towns in a 50 mile stretch from Tel Aviv. Illusionist Geller has since described the horrifying scenes he and others dubbed "Israel's 9/11".
He said: "Children were murdered. Babies were murdered. Elderly were murdered. We're calling it the 9/11 of Israel. When I see these horrifying videos coming in from terrorists murdering children and old women – it's just gut wrenching.
"Of course we will win this war but it still hits you spiritually, emotionally, physically when you see these things happening around you. I stand on my roof and I look left – I can see cities that are being hit by rocket fire. I can hear bombs exploding."
The horror stories from the heart of Israel continue, with Geller adding: "Children were kidnapped, babies were kidnapped, old women were kidnapped, young men were kidnapped – so you can imagine what that does to the psyche of Israelis. It's just unbelievable – the viciousness, the hatred."
He ruled out fleeing the country, saying he would "never, ever leave my people in such a situation. I've heard of people who want to get out of Israel – but not me."
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