It wasn't exactly a sneak attack white 6. Netanyahu was warned by his military that Hamas was planning an attack. He ignored it.
New Evidence Reveals IDF Had Detailed Prior Knowledge of Hamas Plan to Raid Israel
A newly surfaced document reveals that Israel Defense Forces and Israeli intelligence systems had detailed knowledge of Hamas' plan to raid Israel, including the number of hostages to be taken and specific instructions for their treatment while in captivity.
According to a Monday night report presented by Israel's public broadcaster, Kan, the document, which is based on information from military intelligence's 8200 Unit, began circulating on September 19, less than three weeks before the October 7 massacre.
The unnamed sources who provided Kan with the document, also claim its contents were brought to the attention of at least some senior intelligence officials but apparently ignored. The memo highlights the extent to which the IDF's Gaza Division was aware of a potential attack on Israel's southern border communities.
The document, titled "Detailed End-to-End Raid Training," goes into startling detail, beginning with a description of a series of exercises conducted by Hamas' elite Nukhba units in the weeks prior to its publication. "At 11 A.M., several companies were observed converging at the beginning of the training sessions, not before prayer and lunch," the memo recounts.
One of the most shocking sections of the IDF report involves instructions relating to the taking of hostages, the number of which is estimated to be between 200-250, alarmingly close to the actual 251 men, women, and children taken captive by Hamas.
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Netanyahu Was Warned Twice About Hamas Attack Months Ago, Ignored Both Warnings: Report
Ahead of the deadly October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally warned, twice, that Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran desired to attack his nation, according to a report, despite repeated claims from the Israeli leader that no such warnings took place.
In two letters, the head of the research division in Israel’s Intelligence Division Lt. Col. Amit Sa'ar told Netanyahu that the political-social crisis in Israel was encouraging those groups to attack the nation, and possibly colluding to do so, Haaretz’s journalist Chaim Levinson reported on Monday.
"Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas have identified an opportunity for a perfect storm," Sa’ar wrote according to Haaretz. “The players in the system indicate that Israel is in an acute, unprecedented crisis that threatens its cohesion and weakening."
“For our main enemies, Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas, this weakness is an expression of a linear process that will end in the collapse of Israel and the current situation is an opportunity to accelerate and deepen its distress,” Sa’ar reportedly added in his letters. “This analysis of the players is the basis for assessing their situation and is already leading to changes in decision-making and risk-taking by the various players.”
PM denies military gave indication that Hamas could attack amid judicial overhaul upheaval, says to the contrary, it claimed terror group had no interest in attacking from Gaza
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