Israel knew of Hamas attack plan more than a year ago: Report

Israel knew about a Hamas plan to strike the nation more than a year before the militant group launched its deadly surprise attack on Oct. 7, The New York Times reported.

According to the Times, Israeli military and intelligence officials saw the plan as ambitious and thought it would be too hard for Hamas to pull off.

The Times said a document, code-named “Jericho Wall” by Israeli authorities, laid out an incursion like the one that sparked the current war between Israel and Hamas but did not point to a date for the attack. However, it did reportedly outline an assault that had an aim to overpower fortifications around Gaza amongst other actions…