The Guardian: Hamas planned the October 7 attack with the help of spies inside Israel for years and had aspirations to carry out a deep penetration
The Guardian newspaper reported that the Israeli army concluded that Hamas had planned for years and drawn detailed maps with the help of spies from within the Israeli territories to carry out the October 7 attack.
The Guardian also reported that Hamas and other Palestinian factions’ fighters carried instructions on how to capture Israelis, and translations of common phrases from Arabic to Hebrew.
According to the Guardian, this information was obtained by the Israeli army, after examining huge quantities of phones, laptops, and documents that were seized in Gaza, noting that this information and documents were included in the Amshat military intelligence unit, which It was established after Hamas attack.
A senior Israeli officer said that the goal of the Amshat unit is to understand Hamas’ offensive and defensive plans, obtain operational intelligence information and better understand its doctrine after the operation that took the Israelis by surprise.
It also revealed that among the documents found, there was a comprehensive map of an Israeli military base, more detailed than what was requested by the IDF itself.
An Israeli intelligence source told The Guardian, “Obtaining such a map could only have been done using internal information via spies”.
Also, the information seized by the Israeli army, according to its claim, indicates that Hamas planned to target military sites and key points in central Israel, which indicates that the movement had aspirations for a deep penetration.
Also, among the documents is a video showing the relative ease with which a group of fighters was able to blow up the Gaza wall.
The Guardian said, “The latest information revealed by the Amshat unit indicates how little the security establishment in Israel understood Hamas’ capabilities before the attack, and the huge number of signs that were ignored”.
Last week, the New York Times reported that Israeli officials were shown a detailed 40-page plan for a Hamas attack, but it was excluded because it was deemed too difficult for Hamas to implement.
