A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

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  • Dagnet@lemmy.world
    5414·
    11 months ago

    Always felt like they wanted an excuse to invade and decimate the Palestinians, maybe they did nothing so they would have the excuse

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
      91·
      11 months ago

      That’s honestly what I’m thinking and holy shit that’s horrible if true, which it seems like it just might be.

    • Something_Complex@lemmy.world
      61·
      11 months ago

      I mean if I wanted to do it, bombing the entire city to rubble would help, so you can just swoop in built your shit and pretend it never happened