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See the Documents: Hamas Planned to Murder and Take Captives on Oct. 7
Partygoers at the Supernova Psy-Trance Festival who filmed the events that unfolded on Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: Yes Studios
At a meeting with Israeli military intelligence, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) was shown the following seized pages of Hamas’ plans for the attack on Kibbutz Mefalsim in southern Israel.
PMW is publishing this here with the military’s permission.
Dated “October 2022,” these few pages of Hamas’ attack plans clearly show that not only did the terror organization meticulously plan the attack years in advance, but Hamas also determined from the beginning that one of their main goals would be to murder Israeli civilians and take civilian hostages:
The mission: At X hour on X day, the platoon will attack Kibbutz Mefalsim in order to kill and take captives …
The platoon will attack Kibbutz Mefalsim from the main gate, confront the regional defense forces and any other force in the kibbutz, and take control of it.
Soldiers and civilians should be captured, hostages should be held, and negotiations should be carried out about them. [emphasis added]
[Israeli Military Intelligence, published with permission]
While these pages are only a fragment of Hamas’ attack plans, they clearly illustrate the pure evil of the attack on October 7, 2023.
Unfortunately, the plans were carried out successfully,and at the time of writing, 108 hostages are still being held in Hamas captivity, at least one third of them are believed to be dead. These are in addition to approximately 1,200 murdered Israelis and foreigners on October 7.
The following is the translation of Hamas’ attack plans that PMW was shown and permitted to publish:
Front page: “Top secret
Operation order — B14
Northern [Gaza] Brigade
October 2022
Page 2:
[A and B do not appear – Ed.]
C. The units’ duties — basic units
1) Platoon — roles:
1. If the squad succeeds in activating…
2. Advancing via … north of Abu Safiyya Gate until breach B14 [i.e., a place on Hamas’ map].
3. The platoon will advance via Route 49, and afterwards Route 50, and afterwards … the gate of Mefalsim.
4. Leaving a team at the … junction southwest of Kibbutz Mefalsim to secure the junction.
5. The first team will open a breach in the barbed wire fence and attack the kibbutz from the southwest.
6. The platoon will attack Kibbutz Mefalsim from the main gate, confront the regional defense forces and any other force in the kibbutz, and take control of it.
7. Soldiers and civilians should be captured, hostages should be held, and negotiations should be carried out about them.
8. An anti-aircraft team will operate against the enemy’s aircraft
2) The needs – basic unit
Page 3:
Text: “Operation Kibbutz Mefalsim plan stage B
Sources: …
[A and B do not appear – Ed.]
C. Maps and aerial images of the target area
D. Videos of the target area
…
3. The mission: At X hour on X day, the platoon will attack Kibbutz Mefalsim in order to kill and take captives…
[The document includes details on the forces participating in the attack, the required equipment, the plan of action, and the objectives, including the following objective – ed.]
4. Executing the mission:
Maneuvering:
The platoon will attack Kibbutz Mefalsim. The two first squads will confront the kibbutz’s regional defense forces and take control of them. The third squad will take control of the intersection connecting Mefalsim to Route 242.
…”
[Israeli Military Intelligence, published with permission]
The author is a senior analyst at Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article was originally published.
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Israel Readies for a Nationwide Strike on Sunday
Demonstrators hold signs and pictures of hostages, as relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas protest demanding the release of all hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Itai Ron
i24 News – The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are calling on for a general strike to be held on Sunday in an effort to compel the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal with Hamas for the release of their loved ones and a ceasefire. According to Israeli officials, 50 hostages now remain in Gaza, of whom 20 are believed to be alive.
The October 7 Council and other groups representing bereaved families of hostages and soldiers who fell since the start of the war declared they were “shutting down the country to save the soldiers and the hostages.”
While many businesses said they would join the strike, Israel’s largest labor federation, the Histadrut, has declined to participate.
Some of the country’s top educational institutions, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University, declared their support for the strike.
“We, the members of the university’s leadership, deans, and department heads, hereby announce that on Sunday, each and every one of us will participate in a personal strike as a profound expression of solidarity with the hostage families,” the Hebrew University’s deal wrote to students.
The day will begin at 6:29 AM, to commemorate the start of the October 7 attack, with the first installation at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Further demonstrations are planned at dozens of traffic intersections.
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Netanyahu ‘Has Become a Problem,’Says Danish PM as She Calls for Russia-Style Sanctions Against Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
i24 News – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem,” his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war.
“Netanyahu is now a problem in himself,” Frederiksen told Danish media, adding that the Israeli government is going “too far” and lashing out at the “absolutely appalling and catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Gaza and announced new homes in the West Bank.
“We are one of the countries that wants to increase pressure on Israel, but we have not yet obtained the support of EU members,” she said, specifying she referred to “political pressure, sanctions, whether against settlers, ministers, or even Israel as a whole.”
“We are not ruling anything out in advance. Just as with Russia, we are designing the sanctions to target where we believe they will have the greatest effect.”
The devastating war in Gaza began almost two years ago, with an incursion into Israel of thousands of Palestinian armed jihadists, who perpetrated the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
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As Alaska Summit Ends With No Apparent Progress, Zelensky to Meet Trump on Monday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at the press conference after the opening session of Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 23 August 2023. The Crimea Platform – is an international consultation and coordination format initiated by Ukraine. OLEG PETRASYUK/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – After US President Donald Trump hailed the “great progress” made during a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was set to meet Trump on Monday at the White House.
“There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference after the meeting.
Many observers noted, however, that the subsequent press conference was a relatively muted affair compared to the pomp and circumstance of the red carpet welcome, and the summit produced no tangible progress.
Trump and Putin spoke briefly, with neither taking questions, and offered general statements about an “understanding” and “progress.”
Putin, who spoke first, agreed with Trump’s long-repeated assertion that Russia never would have invaded Ukraine in 2022 had Trump been president instead of Democrat Joe Biden.
Trump said “many points were agreed to” and that “just a very few” issues were left to resolve, offering no specifics and making no reference to the ceasefire he’s been seeking.