A bigger strike than the one that took place on October 7 in Israel was planned by Hamas, according to a 36-page document published by the New York Times.
In particular, the Palestinian organization was preparing a strike by land, sea and air. In fact, he wanted to carry out an attack reminiscent of September 11, bombing the three skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. This is the 70-story Moshe Aviv tower and the Azrieli Mall complex.
The plan detailed how Hamas intended to mobilize the Palestinian population to attack Israel in order to bring “victory by striking fear into the hearts of our enemies.”
The file was discovered by the Israeli military on a Hamas leader’s computer hard drive during a raid on the Bader base near Gaza City last November, a month after the deadly October 7 attack.
Israeli security officials said it was likely drawn up in September 2022, a year before the October 7 attack that left nearly 1,200 dead, adding that they believed it was a genuine Hamas document.
He wanted to attack Israel in 2022
At the same time, according to a New York Times report, Hamas originally planned to launch an attack on Israel in the fall of 2022, but postponed the invasion until October 7, 2023, in an attempt to convince Iran and Hezbollah to join the attack. , , practically invoked by secret Hamas meetings revealed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
To persuade Hezbollah, Hamas leaders cited the “internal situation” in Israel – which the report said appeared to refer to internal political unrest within Israel – for the government’s push to reform the country’s judicial system. – as the main reason they “were forced to move towards a strategic battle”.
According to the NYT, although it felt it had the support of Hezbollah and Iran, Hamas concluded it might have to launch the attack alone before Israel could deploy a new air defense system.
The Palestinian Islamist movement is also said to have been motivated in part by its desire to disrupt the US-led initiative to establish relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The US newspaper adds that Hamas leaders tried to avoid major conflicts with Israel in the two years before the October 7, 2023 attack to “keep the enemy thinking that Hamas in Gaza wants calm”.
The NYT also reports that Hamas leaders in Gaza had briefed then-leader Ismail Haniyeh on “the grand plan” – Hamas’s code name for the October 7 attack.
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