New Report: Hamas, Iran, and Hezbollah Plotted for Years to Destroy Israel on October 7

1. The American Spectator   
   

   "Khamenei did not signal that Hamas was going anywhere, saying, “Hamas is alive and will stay alive.”

"And we will behead babies...whole families!"

"Hamas had been methodically planning for the destruction of Israel following the aftermath of Israel’s counterterrorist offensive Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021, according to a new report issued by the Israeli think tank The Mair Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.

"While Hamas had always ideologically supported the destruction of Israel, the new report asserts that this objective was fast-tracked operationally following May 2021, and was assisted by Iran and Hezbollah. And perhaps most prominent in these plans was the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, Yahya al-Sinwar.

"Among other things, the report provided the following sequence of events, much of which was gathered by Israeli intelligence:

"A letter dated June 2021 was sent to Iran’s Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani from al-Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and his deputy Marwan Issa arguing that their mission was to achieve “the great victory and the removal of the cancer” and “the elimination of the entity and its removal from our land and holy places.” The authors of the letter argued that “we will never close our eyes, rest or remain silent until we achieve this sacred goal,” and even asked Qaani to supply them with $500 million for two years.

"On the same day in June 2021, al-Sinwar, Deif, and Issan addressed a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, that stated: “This imagined entity is weaker than people think. With the help of Allah, with your assistance, and with the support of our nation, we are capable of uprooting it and removing it, in the near future, with Allah’s help. We trust in Allah that we are close to fulfilling this divine promise from which there is no escape…”

"In July 2021, Sinwar sent a letter to Saeed Izadi, head of the Palestine branch of Iran’s Quds Force, where he claimed that “resistance forces” were close to “a tremendous strategic victory that will have strategic consequences and impact on the future of the region, the Islamic nation, and the entire world.”

"In September 2021, Sinwar convened a conference in Gaza with senior Hamas figures titled “The Promise of the End of Days — Palestine After Liberation” where he discussed the future governance of a “State of Palestine” following “liberation” from Israel.