In Gaza Division Conquered, the first book in Hebrew about the October 7 massacre, journalist Ilan Kfir reveals Hamas’ full plans for this attack. His research unveils Hamas, led by Yahya Sinwar, had prepared a “phase two” attack. Their targets included Tel Aviv, an air force base outside Beersheva, Ashkelon (where they planned to release terrorists from Israeli prisons), and Dimona (where Israel’s nuclear reactor is). After Hamas stormed through the security barrier, brutally attacking and killing more than 1,200 people in the early morning hours of October 7, they soon realized they achieved their goals. They succeeded in taking hostages, burning, pillaging, raping, and killing before Israeli forces could stop them. Hamas had planned a second phase. Kfir said,

Towards noon on October 7, when Sinwar and his central command realized that they had achieved success above and beyond what was expected, an order was given to the forces of phase two to set off. Here, they encountered a big surprise because unlike the morning—when the fence was broken and there was minimal IDF presence in the area—there was already an assessment and a huge influx of forces at the Nevatim area where a large blockade was carried out. There is no doubt that if Hamas had carried out its second phase, the trauma and disaster on October 7 would have been doubled. . . .

Sinwar believed that if an attack on Tel Aviv and Dimona were reported in the news, Hezbollah in the north and the other terrorist organizations in Judea and Samaria would also attack. This is a diabolical plan, and if it had succeeded, the reality would have been many times worse.

Please pray Israel stops Hamas and like-minded groups. Pray the enemies of Israel’s diabolical plans for death and destruction can never happen again.