As it planned for Oct. 7, Hamas lulled Israel into a false sense of calm [View all]
As it planned for Oct. 7, Hamas lulled Israel into a false sense of calm
By Shira Rubin
December 6, 2023 at 11:17 a.m. EST
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/06/israel-knew-hamas-attack-oct-7/
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TEL AVIV — Hamas spent more than a year planning its historic assault on Israel, following battle plans built on open-source materials and high-level intelligence, Israeli intelligence officers told a small group of journalists this week.
The sophistication of the attack, and the growing evidence of long-term, strategic planning by Hamas, sheds new light on the reach of the group’s intelligence apparatus and the complacency of Israel’s vaunted security state.
Even the location of Monday’s briefing was telling: the headquarters of Amshat, a previously defunct intelligence unit within the Israel Defense Forces charged with gathering documents and other technical materials relevant to war.
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