The Elite Hamas Unit Tricked Israeli intelligence by making them think that the Hamas leadership was more concerned with the restoration of Gaza's economy than with escalating hostilities.
According to a Reuters investigation, Hamas "duped" Israel during the planning and execution of Saturday's unexpected foray into Israeli territory. Insiders on both sides of what Israeli officials have referred to as their country's "9/11" intelligence disaster were interviewed by the news agency.
Hamas, an organization that Israel has designated as a terrorist entity, is behind the new Gaza War by launching Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in 2023.
According to a source close to the radical militant organization, the strike had been planned even since the Israeli-Palestinian hostilities of May 2021, in which Hamas had a significant role. Israel was duped into thinking that the Hamas leadership was more concerned with the restoration of Gaza's economy than with escalating hostilities.
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