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Israel reportedly knew Hamas had a plan to attack for over a year
By Miles Schachner
Israeli officials had viewed Hamas' Oct. 7 plan for a terrorist attack for over a year, per a report from the New York Times.
Military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as "aspirational," the outlet said, and thought it would be too difficult for Hamas to carry out.
The document reviewed by the Israeli military was approximately 40 pages, nicknamed the "Jericho Wall."
It outlined the specifics of Hamas' invasion that killed 1,200 people, the deadliest day in Israel's history.
Hamas followed the plan outlined in the document with precision, following the instructions in the document that called for a barrage of rockets, drones to knock out security cameras and machine guns on the border and gunmen to flood into the country.
“It is not yet possible to determine whether the plan has been fully accepted and how it will be manifested,” a military assessment of the document read.
It is unclear whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reviewed the document, the report said.