Israel had 40-page document warning of 7 October Hamas attack. They brushed it off...
Palestine's Gaza resumed after a brief pause for hostage and prisoner exchange between both countries, allowing safe entry of aids into Gaza. The truce mediated by Qatar, and US , did provide a breather for the residents of Northern Gaza, which is in tatters owing to relentless bombing from Israel.
However, reports have stated that Benjamin Netanyahu-led administration in Israel had been aware of the Hamas attack on 7 October, for more than a year. A report by New York Times citing documents, emails, and interviews said that Israel had obtained knowledge of the Hamas attack from a year before it crystallized.
Analysts have earlier stated that Hamas had been bombing Israel much earlier than 7 October in order to understand the weak points of the famed ‘Iron Dome’ of Israel. Analysts have also said that the 7 October Hamas attack was successful on the part of the Gaza fighters as they had studied the Israeli defense system by constantly attacking it.
In July, just three months before the attacks, a veteran analyst with Unit 8200, Israel’s signals intelligence agency, warned that Hamas had conducted an intense, daylong training exercise that appeared similar to what was outlined in the blueprint. According to the New York Times report, Israeli military had dismissed the report of the Hamas attack saying that it was far too ambitious and too difficult for Hamas to carry out.
The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall," outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people, NYT reported. The NYT report stated that the document detailed a methodical assault designed to overwhelm the fortifications around the Gaza Strip,
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