| It is well documented that Israel had heard rumblings that something was coming. A year prior, they had documentation of a plan like what unfolded on October 7th, but dismissed it for reasons I won't speculate on. Google 'Jericho Wall'. Approximately 3 weeks prior to October 7th, Unit 8200 produced a document based on months of research, that showed Hamas seemed to be doing a lot of training and coordinating for something. In the days prior, Egypt warned Israel that something big was happening imminently, but again, it was ignored for reasons I won't speculate on. The night before, the IDF identified a number of anomalies in Hama's behavior but did nothing with this information. A number of members of the intelligence and military leadership have stepped down since, acknowledging the failures. Anyhow, for whatever reason, your belief that this was completely in character for Hamas, seems to be at odds with the beliefs of Israel's intelligence and military community in the months and days prior to the attack on October 7th. Which is, odd, to say the very least. |