Hamas Leader Sinwar Detailed October 7 Attack Plan a Year Prior

Nearly three years after the deadly October 7 attack, new details have emerged from a handwritten document by Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the massacre. Written about a year before the assault, the document meticulously outlines the brutal operation against Israel, specifying the number of militants assigned to each settlement and junction, as well as the manpower needed to breach the border fence.

Sinwar’s plan called for simultaneous breaches at 25 points along the border, each targeted by a separate unit of 100 fighters, totaling 2,500 militants to seize key junctions in southern Israel. He also allocated fighters to various settlements and military bases, aiming for a total force of 10,000 well-trained militants. The objective was to forcibly expel settlers, prioritizing women and children for removal and taking men aged 17 to 50 as hostages, along with confiscating phones and documents.

The document reveals Sinwar’s anticipation of a harsh Israeli response, including the possible use of nuclear weapons. He proposed a "defense plan" involving civilian retreats to villages and symbolic recaptures, emphasizing the operation as a life-or-death struggle. Experts note the detailed operational planning and the narrative Sinwar sought to promote, 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 confidence and its belief that the invasion would unify Palestinian fronts and ultimately lead to Israel’s destruction.