Palestinians celebrate a burning Israeli tank on the border on October 7.
Israeli officials reportedly saw plans for the October 7 Hamas massacre. more than a year before it was carried out, raising new questions about intelligence failures in the attack that killed 1,200 people.
The New York Times reported that Israeli intelligence officials had been given a 40-page document attack plan. , but found it unrealistic.
The document, codenamed “The Wall of Jericho,” reportedly contained plans for gliders from the Gaza Strip to enter Israel, the use of automatic machine guns at the border, and the use of drones to destroy surveillance cameras.< /p>
These methods were used by Hamas on October 7, allowing the terrorist group to breach Israeli defenses, killing and kidnapping civilians at southern kibbutzim and at a music festival.
The newspaper reported that the plan “has spread widely among Israeli military and leaders intelligence.” but rejected as ambitious and beyond the group's military capabilities.
“It is not yet possible to determine whether the plan has been fully accepted and how it will be implemented,” the military assessment said.
It is believed that if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had taken action to prevent the use of these tactics on October 7, the attack could have been prevented.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, faces questions about the inability of Israeli intelligence agencies , who are among the most experienced in the world, to detect and prevent the massacre.
Mr. Netanyahu first blamed his military and intelligence chiefs for the tweet, then deleted it amid a domestic political backlash.Asked on November 7 why he had failed to prevent the attacks, he told ABC News: “That's a very good question because the first job of government is to protect people, and obviously we haven't done that. We had a big, big failure.”
The New York Times reported that last year, a unit of the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip concluded that Hamas had “decided to plan a new raid, unprecedented in its scale.” , which will be followed by a “large-scale maneuver” on Israeli territory.
Military officials also knew about the plan to destroy the Israeli border wall: the document on the Wall of Jericho quotes the Koran: “Surprise them through the gate. If yes, then you will definitely win.”
This assessment bears chilling similarities to a real-life raid in which Hamas fighters broke through Israeli barriers using construction equipment and launched a ground attack.
It was previously reported that Israeli spies learned of the planning of the Hamas attack and tried to warn the Netanyahu administration before it happened, but it is unknown which Israeli politicians were aware of this information.
Recent disclosures suggest that The level of information about Hamas's plans was significant, but military officials chose not to believe that it would ever happen.
The Israeli Gaza Strip unit that received the plans described them as a “compass.” ” and “totally creative”, suggesting they represent an ideal world scenario for Hamas rather than a real possibility.
The news comes as new rocket and artillery attacks in Israel threatened to disrupt the six-day ceasefire fire. brokered by Qatar to allow the release of hostages and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
US President Joe Biden has expressed hope that the ceasefire will continue until all hostages are released from Gaza, but estimates remain 140 prisoners.
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