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A 2022 Hamas TV Show Displayed the Oct. 7 Massacre; Why Didn’t Anyone Pay Attention?
The body of a motorist lies on a road following a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
In 2022, Hamas TV produced a show whose plot described in chilling detail the approaching Hamas invasion, killings, and kidnappings in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Watching Hamas’ 2022 broadcast highlights a critical question haunting Israelis since October 7: How did Israeli intelligence overlook the clear warning signs of the attack, given that Hamas not only rehearsed the actions it later carried out, but openly described its plans on TV?
Worse yet, in a 2022 speech, then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar openly confirmed that the plot in the TV show reflected Hamas’ plans:
Sinwar: “This [TV] creation is not different in any way from our [Hamas’] very great imaginative powers ... from their intelligence, and from their various fields of activity.” [emphasis added]
There are varying explanations for why Hamas publicly revealed its attack plans a year before October 7. Some think that Hamas wanted “to ridicule the occupation [i.e., Israel] afterward and prove its intelligence failure.“ Others say Sinwar took ideas from the show:
Sinwar liked the show’s script and its events, and he wanted to implement them in practice, which he was indeed able to do. [emphasis added]
[Wattan, independent Palestinian news agency, Dec. 4, 2023]
In any case, the tragic fact remains that this show was broadcast in 2022, and Sinwar confirmed that it was accurate, and Israeli intelligence did not take it seriously.
The following is from the 2022 Hamas broadcast anticipating the actual Hamas terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023:
Transcript of portions of Hamas’ 2022 TV show:
Hamas terrorist: “Today we invaded them, and they did not invade us.” …
Hamas terrorist: “We will move towards the Kissufim [army] post [i.e., Israeli town], and the moment we take control of it, we will start to move towards the Re’im base.” …
“Israeli officer”: “They must not reach this base.”
“Israeli officer”: “The location was secured, and we still don’t know what their [Hamas’] target is.”
“Israeli officer” 1: “No matter what happens, they must not reach this structure under any circumstances. What is happening is either a large battle that will completely eliminate the State of Israel or a rehearsal. A rehearsal ahead of the liberation battle.” …
A scene in an “Israeli intelligence headquarters”:
“Israeli officer” 1: “There’s something strange. The cameras on the [Gaza] border … were hacked without us [Israel] noticing. The same images repeat themselves. It looks like something serious is happening.”
“Israeli officer” 2: “They shut down the activity of all the radar and disrupted the broadcast. We can’t see what is happening through the satellites. Patrols on the border reported to the army defense command about an infiltration of dozens of armed people.” …
Images of soldiers being taken captive are shown.
Hamas terrorist 1: “Isn’t this dangerous for the Jihad fighters?”
Hamas terrorist 2: “They’ll take control of the site and totally erase the secret database. They have taken a large group of [Israeli] captives.”
“Israeli official” 1: “The state [of Israel] is in a difficult period. We don’t comprehend the event we are in…”
“Israeli officer”: “Israel is turned upside down. I fear this is Armageddon. The entire world is turned upside down. They’re invading us.”
[Wattan, independent Palestinian news agency, Dec. 4, 2023]
Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar said this at a ceremony honoring the creators of the TV show in 2022:
Sinwar: “This TV show has a very great influence on our people’s struggle, its Jihad … This [TV] creation is not different in any way from our very great imaginative powers, from the activity of our brothers in [Hamas’] Martyr Izz A-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, from their [weapons] production workshops, from their intelligence, and from their various fields of activity … On behalf of the [Hamas] Movement leadership, and on behalf of our people and nation, [I express] our great thanks and our appreciation to you over this wonderful [TV] creation…”
Comments by Palestinian Wattan TV in 2023:
“The [2022] show includes scenes like what indeed happened in [Oct. 7] ‘the Al-Aqsa Flood’” …
“In the show, they took control of the [Israeli] Re’im [army] base and the Southern Command headquarters, which indeed happened in the [Oct. 7] operation.” …
“[In Hamas’ 2022 show] the [surveillance] disruption that took place on Oct. 7 was also seen.”
“There were also scenes similar to the [Oct. 7] real events, such as [Hamas fighters] going up on tanks and taking [Israeli] captives.” …
“At the end of the [2022 TV] show, the operation’s results were presented, such as mass [Israeli] emigration and American aid.”
Itamar Marcus is Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.