Halevi then discussed the indications that were nevertheless received in the hours before the invasion that Hamas was planning something
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“The central question here is: Could we have understood what was received that night differently and obviously then made different decisions?”
Halevi noted the fact that Hamas terrorists turned on Israeli SIM cards on Friday evening, October 6 and that this was reported by IDF intelligence But Halevi said, this had happened “in the previous year… 10-12 times” It was checked
Halevi said, the movements of senior Hamas figures were also checked The checks indicated that what was going on was “routine” and that there were “good alternative explanations” for what was happening in Gaza
