Documents reveal deeper Hamas-Hezbollah cooperation ahead of Oct. 7

Newly revealed documents shed further light on the extensive coordination between Hamas and Hezbollah preceding the October 7 massacre, according to reports by Army Radio and The Jerusalem Post.

These documents indicate that Hezbollah had made a false promise to join Hamas in the attack, primarily due to concerns about potential Israeli retaliation. Previously, Hamas internal documents had already shown systematic efforts to deceive Israel into complacency between 2022 and 2023.

Correspondence between top leaders highlights the depth of the alleged conspiracy. In 2019, Hamas began accelerating its plan to defeat the Gaza Division. Former Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh wrote to former Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah expressing confidence in their support against Israel. A similar letter was sent to Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

The documents also claim that a joint intelligence war room was established in Beirut in 2021, involving Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Hezbollah reportedly aided Hamas by thwarting Israel's operation on the group's "Metro" system in Gaza and pre-warning them of IDF activity. They also allegedly helped prevent the IDF from killing Hamas's former Northern Brigade commander Ahmad Al Ghandou in 2021, who was later killed in November 2023.

In May 2022, senior Hamas officials, Nasrallah, and Saeed Izadi, a former IRGC Palestine Corps commander involved in orchestrating the October 7 massacre, met in Beirut to discuss expanding the "confrontation with Israel." Despite Nasrallah's documented reservations about attacking Israel, former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar reportedly sent him a letter outlining potential attack options, including invasions from Jordan and Syria. However, the documents also suggest that some members of Hamas and Hezbollah harbored hesitations about the attack.

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my brothers and family in Palestine are confident that you will not disappoint them in their campaign against their enemy, and that you will always be a help and support for them until victory is achieved.