Shin Bet received intelligence prior to Oct. 7 attack: Channel 12

JERUSALEM (AA) – A source who worked for Israel’s Shin Bet security agency in the Gaza Strip passed along specific information that Hamas was planning to carry out a major attack in early October, Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 has reported.

According to the report, the information reached Shin Bet during the summer, clearly stating that “Hamas was planning a major move in the week following Yom Kippur.”

However, the information was not passed on to senior officials because it was believed that additional supporting information would come if such a thing was imminent, it said.

Officials from the agency said that “through the investigation, no additional information supporting that intelligence was found.”

Shin Bet responded to the channel’s report, saying, “at this time, we are focusing on the fighting. Shin Bet is ready to conduct in-depth and comprehensive investigations for the purpose of learning and extracting lessons, and in this context, all available information will be examined.”