JFCA study reveals how Hamas hid its October 7 invasion plans from Israeli intelligence
Through the evening of October 6, Israeli intelligence was fed the impression that there was a state of routine in Gaza, allowing Hamas to conceal its plans while arming and concentrating its forces.
A new study by Lt.-Col. (res.) Jonathan Dahoah Halevi, published by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, reveals how Hamas meticulously planned and executed its October 7, 2023, invasion by using strategic deception to mislead Israeli intelligence. The study found that Hamas leaders conceived the strategy in early 2022, aiming to create the impression that Israel's "carrot and stick" policy was effective, while arming and concentrating their forces.
Israeli intelligence was fed false information by double agents who had been recruited by Hamas as early as 2017. The terrorist group also took inspiration from Egypt's deception tactics during the Yom Kippur War, as Hamas senior official Khaled Mashal acknowledged, drawing parallels between Cairo's strategy of attacking Israel on a religious holiday and Hamas's own approach.
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