Mossad: ‘Hamas not eager about navy confrontation’ two weeks earlier than Oct. 7

“The broad curiosity of the Hamas management in Gaza is to keep away from escalation,” stated the doc.

The Mossad, the nationwide intelligence company of Israel, printed an in depth paper wherein it was decided that Hamas shouldn’t be eager about a navy confrontation simply two weeks earlier than the October 7 assault, N12 reported on Saturday evening.

The doc, titled “Growing In style Strain – A Calculated Coverage on the A part of Hamas’s Management in Gaza to Improve Civilian Exchanges,” said that “It’s clear that the Hamas management in Gaza shouldn’t be eager about a navy confrontation with Israel presently, nevertheless it additionally doesn’t shrink back from it whether it is pressured upon it,” statedN12.

The doc, which was printed while incendiary balloons had been being launched from the Gaza Strip, insisted on presenting an image wherein the phobia group strived for civil discourse fairly than a navy battle.

Hamas place might change, however unlikely, stated Mossad

N12 stated it additionally clarified that Hamas’s place might change, however emphasised that on the time, “the broad curiosity of the Hamas management in Gaza is to keep away from escalation.”

4 months earlier than October 7, Mossah head Dedi Barnea stated he supported a advantages program for Gaza, meaning to result in long-term peace with Hamas, in keeping with Channel 12.

Mossad denies fault

The Mossad responded by saying, “The division of accountability between the intelligence companies as outlined by the political echelon since 2005 decided, amongst different issues, that the Mossad holds no accountability for strategic warning of energy actions within the Palestinian enviornment, and due to this fact the load of the doc for decision-making was low to negligible.”

“The Mossad was not operationally engaged within the Gaza Strip, neither in accumulating intelligence, nor in deploying brokers, nor in finishing up particular operations.”