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Hamas attack planned for over a year; wanted to go deep into Israel: Report

  • Hamas militants meticulously planned and prepared for a historic assault on Israel, carrying enough supplies to last several days and instructions to potentially strike larger cities if the initial wave of attacks succeeded.
  • Hamas anticipated a severe Israeli reaction and was willing to accept heavy losses, aiming to provoke a new wave of violent Palestinian resistance and disrupt efforts at normalizing relations between Israel and Arab states.
  • The assault teams breached the Israeli border in multiple places, staging a mass slaughter of soldiers and civilians in Israeli villages and towns, drawing Israeli defenders into gun battles that lasted more than a day.
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The attack on Israel by the radical Hamas group, recognized as terrorist by the US and the EU, on October 7 was aimed not only at capturing settlements near the border with the Gaza Strip, killing their residents and taking hostages, but also at trying to provoke a large-scale conflict in the Middle East. This is stated in an article by The Washington Post, based on an analysis of available evidence and other evidence of Hamas's plans.

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Stars and Stripes broke the news in Washington, United States on Sunday, November 12, 2023.
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