The Israeli army learned of the Hamas plan on October 7, the report found

The Israeli military and intelligence services had detailed knowledge of Hamas' plans to invade Israel and take prisoners in the weeks before the Oct. 7 attack, a newly released document shows. published.

According to a report by Israel's Cannes News, the report, titled “Detailed End-to-End Raid Training”, was compiled by the Gaza division of the Israeli army, distributed on 19 September 2023 and known to top intelligence officials.

The document went through Hamas's objectives and detailed a series of exercises carried out by the Palestinian group's elite units.

Kahn said the drills included simulated raids on military posts and kibbutzim, abductions of soldiers and civilians, as well as how to hold captives after entering the Gaza Strip.

The document even said included “Number of civilians and soldiers Hamas planned to kidnap”.

“Security sources told Cannes News that the document was known to the intelligence leadership, at least in the Gaza Strip,” the news agency reported.

Kahn added that Israeli intelligence officials have monitored Hamas exercises in Gaza and documented what actions the group plans to take after taking over military posts and entering Israeli territory.

“Israeli intelligence officers who observed the exercise detailed in the document the steps after entering Israel and taking over posts, with instructions for handing over captured soldiers to company commanders,” it said. “The expected number of hostages, it said, is between 200 and 250 people.”

Hamas attacks in Israel killed more than 1,100 people and captured another 250. Israel's subsequent war in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, destroyed much of the enclave's civilian infrastructure and led to high-profile complaints. Genocide.

It is believed that faulty concepts within Israel's security establishment, as well as possible negligence by senior officials, were the main reasons why the Gaza Strip's warnings were not implemented.

Two years before the Hamas attack, Israel built a new, sophisticated security barrier, which, with the Gaza Strip's knowledge of the Palestinian movement's plans, was expected to make such an attack impossible.

The barrier failed to highlight Israel's 7 October The Jerusalem Post Called “an important intelligence and security oversight.”

The results of this failure are expected to be presented to the Israeli army chief in the coming weeks, as there is public pressure in the country to learn more about the military's failures during the Hamas offensive.

Israel's High Court on Sunday issued an interim order directing State Comptroller Matanyahu Engleman. postpone October 7 His investigation into the failure of the Israeli military and Shin Bet security agencies.

Yair, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Criticize out The court claimed that “sedition” may have taken place until October 7 and her father was kept in the dark.