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Hamas document shows Oct. 7 attack aimed at derailing Saudi normalization - report
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday on a number of documents from recent years that discussed Hamas’s concerns about Saudi movement toward diplomatic ties with Israel, and the terror group’s efforts to hamper it.
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The minutes of a meeting of Hamas’s political bureau in the Strip on October 2, 2023, cite Sinwar as saying, “There is no doubt that the Saudi-Zionist normalization agreement is progressing significantly.” The Hamas leader warned a deal would “open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sinwar said that it was time to activate an attack plan that the terror group had been working on for some two years “to bring about a major move or a strategic shift in the paths and balances of the region with regard to the Palestinian cause.” Without directly quoting the document, the Journal said Sinwar — who was killed by the IDF about a year into the war — expected other Iran-backed terror and proxy groups to join the fighting.
Other documents apparently seized by the IDF and reviewed by the newspaper included one from September 2023 that recommended escalating violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem to decrease the chances of normalization between Jerusalem and Riyadh.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-document-shows-oct-7-attack-aimed-at-derailing-saudi-normalization-report/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=hamas-leader-muhammad-sinwars-body-said-found-in-gaza-tunnel-hit-by-idf-last-week--snip--
The minutes of a meeting of Hamas’s political bureau in the Strip on October 2, 2023, cite Sinwar as saying, “There is no doubt that the Saudi-Zionist normalization agreement is progressing significantly.” The Hamas leader warned a deal would “open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sinwar said that it was time to activate an attack plan that the terror group had been working on for some two years “to bring about a major move or a strategic shift in the paths and balances of the region with regard to the Palestinian cause.” Without directly quoting the document, the Journal said Sinwar — who was killed by the IDF about a year into the war — expected other Iran-backed terror and proxy groups to join the fighting.
Other documents apparently seized by the IDF and reviewed by the newspaper included one from September 2023 that recommended escalating violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem to decrease the chances of normalization between Jerusalem and Riyadh.