Hamas Leader Sinwar Detailed October 7 Attack Plan a Year Before the Assault

A handwritten document by Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 massacre, has been revealed nearly three years after the attack, outlining in precise detail the brutal assault on Israel. Written about a year before the attack, the document maps out the number of militants assigned to each settlement and junction, specifying the manpower needed to breach Israel's security fence. Sinwar planned simultaneous breaches at 25 points along the security barrier, each targeted by separate squads of 100 fighters, totaling 2,500 militants for the junctions alone.

The plan also allocated militants to various settlements and military bases: 2,210 fighters for 221 kibbutzim and small communities, 1,600 for eight larger settlements, and 2,000 for military bases, summing up to an intended total of 10,000 well-trained militants infiltrating Israel. Sinwar's objective was to forcibly expel southern settlers, prioritizing children and women for expulsion and taking men aged 17 to 50 as hostages, along with confiscating phones and documents.

Sinwar anticipated a harsh Israeli response, including the possible use of nuclear weapons, and proposed a "defense plan" involving symbolic recapture of villages by Palestinians. Despite foreseeing such severe retaliation, he remained confident in the operation's success, framing it as a life-or-death struggle. Experts note the document reveals not only tactical details but also Sinwar's narrative framing the attack as an implementation of the Palestinian right of return.

The full document will be published soon by the Amichai Institute for Terror and Intelligence Research, providing further evidence of Hamas's overconfidence and belief that the invasion would unify Palestinian fronts and ultimately lead to Israel's destruction.