The New York Times is reporting that Israel knew about Hamas battle plans to attack southern Israel over a year before the Oct_ 7 operation took place, but dismissed them as “aspirational.”

According to the report the New York Times released on Friday, the documents do not specify a date for the attack but mirror some of the events from October 7. A document code-named "Jericho Wall" called for a barrage of rocket attacks followed by a disabling of border security cameras and finally an invasion by Hamas soldiers on paragliders and motorcycles,

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

Mughrabi, Mohammad Salem and Humeyra Pamuk GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Heavy fighting was reported in Gaza on Friday as Israel's military said it had resumed combat operations against Hamas after accusing the Palestinian militant group of violating a temporary truce by firing towards Israeli territory.

An approximately 40-page document called "Jericho Wall" gave details about Hamas' invasion which killed 1,200 people. Hamas followed the details described in the document with shocking precision.