US intel not aware of Hamas’ plan for Oct. 7 attack on Israel, John Kirby says
By Social Links for Ryan King
Published Dec. 3, 2023, 12:16 p.m. ET
The US would do the “same thing’’ Israel did if it suffered an attack like the Oct. 7 assault, a top Biden administration official said Sunday — while admitting US intelligence was unaware of a battle plan from Hamas that Israel obtained over a year before the attack.
“[Israeli officials] have every right and responsibility to go after the terrorist group that perpetrated these attacks and planet and oh, by the way, has made clear they’re going to do it again and do more,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told “Fox News Sunday.”
“We would do the same thing — any nation would,” Kirby said.
Kirby also referred to the recent reported revelation about Israeli security failures in the run-up to the bloody terrorist rampage.
More than a year before the deadly attack, Israeli officials obtained a roughly 40-page blueprint outlining Hamas’ battle plan but dismissed it as unachievable for the terror group, the New York Times reported last week.
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