Intelligence sent to Israel weeks before Hamas attack on October 7
It has been revealed that details of a possible Hamas attack plan were presented to senior Israeli officials in a report weeks before the attack by Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, on October 7.
Officials who spoke to Britain’s Financial Times newspaper said: “A detailed report was presented to senior intelligence officials weeks before the October 7 attack.” Israeli intelligence officials were reported to have said of this report: “It is an imaginary scenario.”
Two anonymous sources told the newspaper that soldiers, mostly women, on duty on Gaza’s border with Israel constantly monitored and analyzed videos and other data collected near the electronic fence surrounding the border area and wrote a detailed report to the official. highest-ranking intelligence officer in the south. command weeks before the attack. He said they sent it.
The person with direct knowledge of the warning’s contents said the report was sent using a secure communications system and contained specific warnings, including that Hamas was training to blow up border posts in several locations, enter Israeli territory and seize kibbutzim.
THE REACTION TO THE ISRAELI ARMY IS GROWING
The failure of the Israeli military and intelligence to prevent this attack sparked a huge backlash in the country and increased calls for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Another source who spoke to the newspaper also claimed that lower-ranking soldiers also analyzed some videos showing Hamas rehearsing to take hostages and said the attack could happen.
The person said lower-ranking soldiers also analyzed several videos showing Hamas rehearsing the hostage taking and said they felt an attack was imminent. The memo was activated when a senior Hamas military commander overseeing the training was identified by sentries from a facial and identification database maintained by Unit 8200, part of Israeli intelligence.
THE WARNING COMES FROM THE LOWER RANKINGS
Sources who spoke to the Financial Times also claimed that the army did not take action because the warnings came from low-ranking soldiers.
The person in question said no action was taken. Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported details of a similar warning sent by low-ranking soldiers to their superiors on Thursday night. KAN added that the warning included the possibility of a plane being shot down and Hamas raising its flags over Israeli territory.
The Israeli army responded to the Financial Times report. “Our commanders and soldiers are rigidly focused on the task of defeating Hamas,” the statement said. “A thorough investigation will be launched after the war,” he said.
Source: Sozcu
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