beSpacifichttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-plans.html Yahya Sinwar's directive re #Oct7 attacks “It needs to be affirmed to the unit commanders to undertake these actions intentionally, film them, and #broadcast images of them as fast as possible. Document the scenes of #horror, now, and broadcast them on #TV channels to the whole world,” a commander from #Gaza City called Abu al-Baraa told operatives in the area of #Kibbutz Sa’ad, according to a message intercepted by #Israel. “Slaughter them. End the children of #Israel.”
A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans
A directive, which Israeli officials believe was written by Yahya Sinwar, the powerful leader of Hamas in Gaza, and recordings called for fighters to target soldiers and civilian communities — and to broadcast the violent acts.