Israeli officials got hold of documents describing Hamas‘ war strategy more than a year before the October 7 terrorist attack, but they were discarded as too ‘aspirational,’ according to reports.
The records also revealed “the location and size of Israeli military forces, communication hubs, and other sensitive information,” thus raising questions about how Hamas gathered its intelligence.
There are also issues regarding why an Israeli intelligence official’s warning three months before the strike was ignored.
However, Israel is believed to have misinterpreted Hamas’ plea for licenses to allow Palestinians to work in Israel as an offer of peace.
What could have been an intelligence coup according to reports, has now turned into one of Israel’s biggest miscalculations in its 75-year history.
