Intelligence officials within the military’s Southern Command, which is responsible for the Gaza Strip, were aware of the report, KAN added, citing unnamed security officials. According to the radio and television station, the memo noted that the Islamist movement was targeting “200 to 250 hostages”. The unprecedented attack by Hamas commandos on October 7 resulted, on the Israeli side, in the deaths of 1,194 people, the majority civilians, according to a count established from official Israeli data.
Refusal of a commission of inquiry
In retaliation, the Israeli army launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip which has left 37,372 dead to date, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas government’s Health Ministry for Gaza. During the October 7 attack, 251 people were kidnapped in Israel. Of the 116 hostages still in Gaza, 41 have died, according to the army.
In pictures, six months of war between Israel and Hamas
PORTFOLIO – On October 7, 2023, the Islamist movement Hamas launched an attack against Israel leaving 1,060 dead on the Israeli side, triggering a merciless response. A look back at six months of a deadly conflict
According to KAN, the Unit 8200 memo mentions that Hamas fighters’ training focused on attacking military bases and “transferring captive soldiers to company commanders.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stubbornly refuses to open an official commission of inquiry into October 7 before the end of the ongoing war in Gaza, now in its ninth month.
