The media reported on Netanyahu's awareness of Hamas invasion plans since 2018.
Back in 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received intelligence reports from the Israeli army with details of Hamas' combat plans to invade Israeli territory. This was reported on February 10 by The Times of Israel newspaper, citing sources and intelligence reports.
According to the reports, between 2018 and 2022, Hamas developed a comprehensive plan of operations for a coordinated multi-front attack on Israeli military bases and civilian communities in southern Israel. The attack plan, which was later called the "Walls of Jericho" document, called for breaking through the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip at dozens of points and deploying thousands of fighters.
According to sources, the earliest known transmission of the plan to the Israeli leadership occurred in April 2018, when the Military Intelligence Directorate's research department distributed a special intelligence document to senior officials, including the military secretaries of the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, the National Security Council, the heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad, as well as the office of the IDF Chief of Staff.
The article notes that Netanyahu has repeatedly received intelligence about Hamas' plans over the years, despite his repeated public denials that he had ever seen or heard of Operation Jericho Walls before October 7, 2023.
Earlier it became known on January 11 that Israel and Hamas are stepping up preparations for a new stage of the conflict in the Gaza Strip due to the refusal of the Palestinian group to disarm, which hinders the progress of the US administration's peace plan. Israeli security analysts said Israel could choose either a large-scale invasion of Gaza or gradually, piecemeal, take control of the enclave.
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