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An expert in the region says the U.S. sees Hezbollah as an immediate threat during the mission, but the militant group may never attack.

Hamas is an acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement and means “zeal” in Arabic. This wordplay foreshadowed the October 7 disaster, in which 1,200 people

Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns has emerged as the main player in US efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, tapping decades of contacts and leveraging his ability to move through the region quietly to tackle one of the US’s gravest foreign-policy crises.

Israeli officials dismissed Hamas's detailed attack plan, a year before it led to a devastating assault, marking a grave intelligence failure.

Experts determined that an attack of that scale and ambition was beyond Hamas’ capabilities, according to documents and officials.

A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.

Israeli intelligence services obtained plans for the deadly Oct. 7 attack more than a year before it was carried out, The New York Times reported.

Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.

A 40-page document, which Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall”, outlined, point by point, the devastating invasion of October 7.

Military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.