Documents signed by Hamas No. 3 show Oct. 7 plans, efforts to keep operation secret

Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists are seen on their way to cross the Israel-Gaza border fence from Khan Younis during the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib/ AFP/ File)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists are seen on their way to cross the Israel-Gaza border fence from Khan Younis during the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. (Said Khatib/ AFP/ File)

Channel 12 reveals information from documents seized in Gaza featuring plans for Hamas’s devastating October 7 onslaught, signed by the terror group’s number three and deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing, Marwan Issa.

The IDF on Monday confirmed that it had targeted Issa in a strike on central Gaza’s Nuseirat last week, and security officials are said to believe he was killed, though neither Israel nor Hamas have officially confirmed his death.

According to the documents, Hamas’s plan was to be carried out by 1,500-1,800 terrorists of the elite Nukhba force, targeting 46 communities and bases — among them, a base serving the military intelligence Unit 8200 and the air force base at Hatzerim in southern Israel.

The 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists that infiltrated on October 7 did not manage to arrive at those sensitive bases.

According to the network, the recovered document says “the conditions in Iran and Lebanon allow us to tie the big project with the axis [of resistance],” but did not specify if there was active coordination between the sides before October 7.

Channel 12 also says the documents reveal how Hamas was able to keep its plan so secret. Brigade commanders were only made aware of the plans five days before October 7, battalion commanders 48 hours before, and company commanders 12 hours before.

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