"Multiple fuses": The secret communication channel with Hamas, and the warning to Netanyahu two and a half months before 7/10

ynet reveals a severe warning letter from Brig. Gen. Amit Saar from July 2023, which cited a secret channel with Hamas named "Serugim". The channel conveyed messages from Sinwar through the brother of a senior Hamas official, and in September brought a warning about an "earthquake" that Sinwar was planning. The article describes Netanyahu's conflict management policy, which saw Hamas as an asset, and the explicit warning he received, which he claims did not deal with Gaza.

ynet reveals new details about a secret communication channel managed with Hamas named "Serugim", through which messages were conveyed from Yahya Sinwar via the brother of a senior Hamas official. A severe warning letter from Brig. Gen. Amit Saar, head of the IDF Intelligence Research Division, dated July 23, 2023, cited from the channel: "There are multiple fuses, and the extremists in your government are leading you towards igniting them and igniting the entire region, and you alone will bear responsibility for the consequences." The article describes how Netanyahu cultivated additional secret channels, alongside the official ones, as part of a conflict management policy that saw Hamas as an asset. In September 2023, another warning arrived through the channel about an "earthquake" that Sinwar was planning, leading to urgent discussions in the intelligence community. The article presents Netanyahu's blanket denial of receiving an explicit warning about the massacre, and the claim that the warnings he received only dealt with Hezbollah and Iran.