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A deadly cascade: how secret Hamas attack orders were passed down at last minute
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/07/secret-hamas-attack-orders-israel-gaza-7-october
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The plan had been formulated by a handful of hardened, veteran Hamas leaders and was still unknown to the men whose violence was about to shatter any passing sense of calm or progress towards a new stability in the Middle East.
The decision to pass instructions verbally to thousands of Hamas militants scattered among Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants was the latest in a series of measures designed to deceive one of the most potent surveillance systems in the world and keep any word of what might be about to happen from a network of spies.
It underlines the scale of the planning behind the operation and partially explains the multiple failures of Israeli security forces that led to the deaths of 1,100 of their civilian compatriots and 300 of their comrades in arms.
Often their orders were accompanied by maps showing details of defences and key locations within their targets, drawing on information derived from sympathisers working in Israel, the sources claim.
Hamas officials have said planning for the attack began two years ago, after Israeli police raids at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site.
Five days after the attack, a Hamas leader claimed it had been a pre-emptive strike launched after the organisation learned that Israeli forces were preparing a major assault on Gaza after the Jewish Sukkot holiday.
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