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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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Trump Administration to Release Over $5 Billion School Funding That It Withheld
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria
President Donald Trump’s administration will release more than $5 billion in previously approved funding for K-12 school programs that it froze over three weeks ago under a review, which had led to bipartisan condemnation.
“(The White House Office of Management and Budget) has completed its review … and has directed the Department to release all formula funds,” Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications at the U.S. Education Department, said in a statement, adding funds will be dispersed to states next week.
Further details on the review and what it found were not shared.
A senior administration official said “guardrails” would be in place for the amount being released, without giving details.
Early in July, the Trump administration said it would not release funding previously appropriated by Congress for schools and that an initial review found signs the money was misused to subsidize what it alleged was “a radical leftwing agenda.”
States say $6.8 billion in total was affected by the freeze. Last week, $1.3 billion was released.
After the freeze, a coalition of mostly Democratic-led states sued to challenge the move, and 10 Republican US senators wrote to the Republican Trump administration to reverse its decision.
The frozen money covered funding for education of migrant farm workers and their children; recruitment and training of teachers; English proficiency learning; academic enrichment and after-school and summer programs.
The Trump administration has threatened schools and colleges with withholding federal funds over issues like climate initiatives, transgender policies, pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel’s war in Gaza and diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
Republican US lawmakers welcomed the move on Friday, while Democratic lawmakers said there was no need to disrupt funding in the first place.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon separately said she was satisfied with what was found in the review and released the money, adding she did not think there would be future freezes.
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Israel to Resume Airdrop Aid to Gaza on Saturday, Military Says
Palestinians carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in the central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
Israel will resume airdrop aid to Gaza on Saturday night, the Israeli military said, a few days after more than 100 aid agencies warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave.
“The airdrops will include seven pallets of aid containing flour, sugar, and canned food to be provided by international organizations,” the military added in a statement.
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Trump Says Hamas ‘Didn’t Want to Make a Deal,’ Now Likely to Get ‘Hunted Down’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque via Reuters Connect.
i24 News – US President Donald Trump on Friday said the Palestinian jihadists of Hamas did not want to make a deal on a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza.
“Now we’re down to the final hostages, and they know what happens after you get the final hostages. And basically because of that, they really didn’t want to make a deal,” Trump said.
The comments followed statements by Middle East peace envoy Steve Witkoff and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the effect that Israel was now considering “alternative” options to achieve its goals of bringing its hostages home from Gaza and ending the terror rule of Hamas in the coastal enclave.
Trump added he believed Hamas leaders would now be “hunted down.”
On Thursday, Witkoff said the Trump administration had decided to bring its negotiating team home for consultations following Hamas’s latest proposal. Witkoff said overnight that Hamas was to blame for the impasse, with Netanyahu concurring.
Trump also dismissed the significance of French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that Paris would become the first major Western power to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
Macron’s comments, “didn’t carry any weight,” the US leader said.
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