A new report by an Israeli TV news channel is shedding light on the work Hamas undertook before its attack in October 2023. According to the report by Channel 12, Hamas monitored Israeli political leaders and communities near the border with Gaza for at least seven years before the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
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Many of the communities featured in the report were those Hamas attacked. Hamas killed 1,200 people in the attack, prompting Israel’s ongoing war against the group.
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The report also features intelligence Israel has taken from Hamas computers during the war, which includes surveillance footage of Israeli border towns. Likewise, the intelligence shows that Hamas had IP addresses for all the security cameras in several towns. The report also says Hamas had case files with separate attack plans for individual towns.
A former top official at Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security intelligence agency, said Hamas had detailed intelligence. The attacks, he added, showed they deployed their intelligence at a very sophisticated level that caught Israel by surprise.
The Israel Defense Forces conducted an internal investigation into how they were caught so unaware on Oct. 7. But so far, the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not appointed a state commission. He has also resisted efforts to look at potential political failures leading up to the attack.
LAUREN TAYLOR: A new report by an Israeli TV news channel finds Hamas monitored political leaders and communities in Israel near the border with Gaza for at least seven years before 2023’s October 7th attacks.
Many of the communities the report featured were ones Hamas attacked when they killed 1,200 people in the attack that prompted Israel’s ongoing war to destroy the group.
The report by Israel’s Channel 12 features intelligence Israel took from Hamas computers during the war… including surveillance footage of Israeli border towns, IP addresses of all security cameras in several of the towns, as well as case files with separate plans of attack on individual towns.
A former top official at Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security intelligence agency, said Hamas had detailed intelligence that the attacks show they deployed at a very sophisticated level that caught Israel by surprise.
The Israel Defense Forces investigated internally what left them caught by surprise on October 7th. But so far, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not appointed a state commission and resisted efforts to look at potential political failures in the leadup to the attack.
For Straight Arrow News, I’m Lauren Taylor.
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