Israel knew a year ago that Hamas was planning an unprecedented attack

Israeli officials had detailed information about its plan more than a year before it was implemented agitation To launch an unprecedented attack on him IsraelBut they did not consider the scenario realistic, according to what the American newspaper reported yesterday, Thursday The New York TimesCiting top secret documents.

Israeli military intelligence was in possession of a roughly 40-page document from the Palestinian Islamic Movement, detailing, point by point, an attack like the one carried out by members of its military arm, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, on October 7. This led to the deaths of about 1,200 people in Israel, according to the report.

The document, which was circulated in Israeli intelligence circles under the code name “Jericho Wall,” did not specify when the attack would be launched, but it included details about how to bypass Israeli security measures to raid military bases and cities. . More specifically, the document referred to a barrage of missiles and drones that would destroy security cameras and automatic machine guns, before fighters crossed to the Israeli side by parachute, in vehicles and on foot – elements that were at the heart of the October 7 attack.

But “it cannot be confirmed” whether the Hamas leadership has “fully” approved of the plan, nor whether and to what extent it might become a reality, according to an internal Israeli military document obtained by The New York Times.

In July, an analyst with the CIA’s elite Unit 8200 warned against holding training sessions for Hamas fighters that closely resembled the plan described in the document codenamed “The Wall of Jericho.” But the colonel in the Israeli military command responsible for the Gaza Strip ruled out the scenario of such an attack: he described it as “imaginary” and “completely imaginary.” “I categorically reject the idea that this is a fantasy scenario (…) This is a war plan,” and not just an attack “on a village,” the analyst insisted in encrypted emails seen by the American newspaper.

“We already had a similar experience 50 years ago on the southern front with a scenario that seemed fantastic. History could repeat itself if we are not careful,” the analyst continued prophetically, referring to the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

According to the Times report, although the document was circulated among the Israeli military hierarchy, it is unclear whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other members of his cabinet read it, or were aware of its contents.

The Israeli political leadership has repeatedly denied that anything is known in advance.

Source: RES-MPE

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