Exclusive documents published by Army Radio on Sunday reveal that Hamas made intensive efforts to persuade Hezbollah to join the October 7 attack, including letters from Ismail Haniyeh to Hassan Nasrallah. The documents also show that Hezbollah provided crucial intelligence during the 2021 Guardian of the Walls operation, thwarting an IDF deception operation. Despite the coordination, Nasrallah ultimately held back from joining the October 7 attack, the documents indicate.
Newly obtained documents, published exclusively by Army Radio on Sunday morning, reveal that Hamas made explicit, urgent appeals to Hezbollah to join the October 7 attack, including a direct letter from then-Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in 2019. This latest detail emerges from the same trove of documents that earlier Sunday detailed the depth of Hamas-Hezbollah coordination and Yahya Sinwar's optimism about Iran and Hezbollah's readiness to form an alliance against Israel.
The story first broke at 07:25 Jerusalem, when Army Radio journalists Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh published the initial report on the documents. Within the same hour, further details emerged: Sinwar's assessment that Iran and Hezbollah were highly ready to unite against Israel, and questions about Mossad's failure to intercept cross-border communications between Hamas officials abroad and in Gaza. The Zioneer published its own analysis at 07:44 Jerusalem and a bulletin at 09:11 Jerusalem, raising concerns about Hezbollah's intelligence penetration of Israeli operations.
The documents also shed new light on Hezbollah's intelligence support during Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021, including warning Hamas that the IDF's 'Metro' tunnel-targeting exercise was a deception, allowing Hamas to avoid exposing its assets. As The Zioneer has reported, Hezbollah has been increasingly active in border breaches—a Hezbollah operative infiltrated Israel two days before an attack in early June—and security officials have warned of a pattern of 'normalizing' violations to replicate the October 7 strategy.
Despite the deep coordination, Nasrallah ultimately held back from joining the October 7 attack, a decision that remains unexplained. The documents do not clarify why Mossad failed to detect the years-long cross-border coordination, and the full extent of Hezbollah's intelligence penetration of Israeli military operations remains an open question.
5 developments
- DevelopingReport: Sinwar proposed October 7-style attack in 2022, targeted Passover 2023, Nasrallah skeptical
- StrongSyrian President al-Shara says would sit with Hezbollah 'at same table' if it serves Syria and Lebanon
- StrongHezbollah chief demands Israel withdraw from Lebanon by timetable
- StrongHezbollah leader Qassem vows victory 'on the path of Hussein'
Source and signal
- Internal intake