In unusually blunt threat, Hamas said to warn Israel of another Oct. 7-style attack

Hamas delivered an unusually blunt threat to Israel via a UN coordinator, warning it is prepared to carry out another Oct. 7-style attack. The message was conveyed to IDF liaison Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevy, who wrote an urgent letter to PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz. Israel's security establishment is assessing the threat's feasibility.

Hamas recently delivered an unusually blunt threat to Israel, warning it is prepared to carry out another attack resembling the October 7, 2023, onslaught. The message was conveyed last week by senior Hamas members to UN humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov during a meeting in Gaza, who then passed it to the IDF's chief liaison to the Palestinians, Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevy. Halevy wrote an urgent letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, an excerpt of which was published Saturday evening by Channel 13 news. In the letter, Halevy wrote that Hamas members claimed IDF activity in Gaza, the moving of the Yellow Line, and the cancellation of Palestinian elections by the PA are leading Hamas to lose control, and they threatened to carry out another Oct. 7-style attack on any front. Israel's security establishment is checking if such an attack can be carried out given the extensive IDF presence in the Strip. The report also notes that the security cabinet has been briefed on Hamas's increased preparations for renewed fighting, including stockpiling weapons. Separately, the article covers the IDF's planned West Bank lockdown during Israel's national elections on Tuesday, and a traffic accident on Route 465 that killed one driver.