According to an Army Radio exposé published Sunday morning, Hezbollah supplied Hamas with intelligence that foiled the IDF's 'Metro' deception operation during Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021. The report also claims Hezbollah intelligence prevented an Israeli assassination attempt against Hamas's northern Gaza Brigade commander Ahmad al-Ghandour, and that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah expressed skepticism about Hamas's broader strategic plans ahead of the October 7 attack.
New details from the Army Radio exposé by Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh, published Sunday morning, reveal specific instances of Hezbollah's intelligence cooperation with Hamas ahead of the October 7 attack, as well as during the 2021 Operation Guardian of the Walls.
According to the report, Hezbollah provided Hamas with intelligence that thwarted the IDF's 'Metro' deception operation. The operation was designed to simulate a ground incursion into Gaza, but Hezbollah's warning allowed Hamas to avoid the trap. The report also claims that Hezbollah intelligence foiled an Israeli attempt to assassinate Ahmad al-Ghandour, the commander of Hamas's northern Gaza Brigade, during the same operation.
The documents include exchanges between Hamas leaders and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, in which Nasrallah reportedly expressed reservations about Hamas's plans for a broad offensive, asking: 'What is the strategy? Define your war aims first.' Hamas officials, according to the documents, cited the terror wave, the struggle over Al-Aqsa, Israel's political crisis, Israeli societal weakness, and the normalization wave in the Middle East as reasons for the attack.
The report also reveals that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar sought the opening of a Jordanian front, through guerrilla forces—Palestinian or Shia—that would join Hamas via the eastern border.
Earlier this morning, The Zioneer reported on the initial revelations from the same exposé, which focused on the documents' timeline and Sinwar's assessment that Iran and Hezbollah were highly ready to form an alliance against Israel. The new details deepen the picture of the coordination between the two groups.
The claims are based on documents obtained by the journalists and remain unverified by independent sources. The IDF has not commented on the specific allegations.
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