New Documents Show Hamas Plotted October 7 Attack to Derail Israel-Saudi Peace Talks

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Hamas Plotted October 7 Attack to Derail Israel-Saudi Peace Talks, Documents Show

 

Newly uncovered documents reveal that Hamas orchestrated its devastating October 7, 2023, assault on Israel with the intention of sabotaging ongoing peace talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia. These revelations, based on minutes from a high-level meeting of Hamas’s political bureau in Gaza, suggest that the militant group viewed the potential normalization of relations between the two countries as a dire threat to the Palestinian cause.

 

The Israeli military discovered the documents hidden in a tunnel beneath Gaza. According to the minutes from a meeting held on October 2, just five days before the attack, Hamas’s Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar urged fellow militants to carry out an “extraordinary act” to prevent what he described as rapidly advancing normalization talks.

 

The Wall Street Journal reviewed the document, in which Sinwar warned that the agreement between Saudi Arabia and what he called the “Zionist entity” was gaining significant momentum. “There is no doubt that the Saudi-Zionist normalization agreement is progressing significantly,” Sinwar is quoted as saying. He added that such a deal would “open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.”

 

 

For Sinwar and other Hamas leaders, who have long advocated for the destruction of Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state encompassing all of historical Palestine, normalization represented a mortal blow to their objectives. The document quotes Sinwar declaring it was time to launch an attack that had been in the planning stages for two years. “The goal,” he said, “is to bring about a major move or a strategic shift in the paths and balances of the region with regard to the Palestinian cause.” He expressed confidence that other members of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance,” which includes Hezbollah and other militant factions, would support the effort.

 

The strategy appeared to achieve its short-term objective, though at a devastating human cost. The Hamas-led incursion resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping, murder and torture of many others right up to this day. In response, Israel launched a large-scale military campaign aimed at dismantling Hamas, resulting in the deaths of more than 53,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry that does not distinguish between civilians and Hamas terrorists, and widespread destruction across the territory.

 

The violence triggered a wave of outrage across the Arab world, freezing progress on the normalization initiative. President Trump, during a visit to Riyadh, acknowledged the delay but maintained optimism, stating, “You’ll do it in your own time.”

 

Additional documents reviewed by the Journal confirm growing anxiety within Hamas about the state of U.S.-brokered negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Arab intelligence officials familiar with Hamas's internal operations said the documents appear to be authentic. One report from September 2023 advised intensifying violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem to further obstruct normalization. It expressed skepticism toward Saudi assurances about defending Palestinian interests, dismissing them as “weak and limited steps to neutralize” Hamas.

 

According to the documents and corroborating sources, another significant meeting took place in Beirut on October 2, involving Hamas and Iranian security officials. Senior Hamas and Hezbollah members confirmed that Iran approved the attack and had been consulting with Hamas on military strategies since 2021. Intelligence officials say Iran provided not only weapons and funding but also military training in the lead-up to the October 7 attack.

 

Many of Hamas’s top figures involved in planning the assault are now dead. Israeli forces killed Yahya Sinwar in Gaza in October, along with Marwan Issa and other high-ranking officials present at the pivotal October 2 meeting. Ismail Haniyeh, another key leader of the movement, was also killed in exile. On Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike targeted Sinwar’s brother, Mohammed, who oversaw Hamas's military operations, it has since been confirmed he was also killed.

 

Among the additional internal files recovered was an August 2022 military briefing marked “secret,” which stated, “It has become the duty of the movement to reposition itself to … preserve the survival of the Palestinian cause in the face of the broad wave of normalization by Arab countries, which aims primarily to liquidate the Palestinian cause.” The document emphasized strengthening alliances with Hezbollah and other militant groups.

 

Another document dating from October 2022 was a job posting by Hamas’s Department of Arab and Islamic Cooperation, seeking a candidate to “market the movement’s programs to confront normalization.” The position called for a university graduate skilled in negotiation and outreach, with the aim of rallying grassroots Arab organizations to boycott pro-normalization entities.

 

Though normalization between Israel and several Arab states has already occurred under the Abraham Accords, a deal with Saudi Arabia has been viewed as the most transformative. For Hamas, it was also the most threatening. Their deadly campaign on October 7 was not only an act of war—it was, by their own documents, a last-ditch effort to prevent the geopolitical landscape from shifting irreversibly against their cause.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Wall Street Journal  2025-05-20

 

 

[Tug]

Yup no doubt about it.

 

 

[blazes]

I thought this information was well-known and a topic of discussion since October 7....

[Hanaguma]

Another interesting tidbit is that UNRWA also knew about the planned massacre. 

[jacnl2000]

He hurled a piece of wood at the drone with his one good arm. Missed, but made his point.

[Yagoda]

3 minutes ago, jacnl2000 said:

He hurled a piece of wood at the drone with his one good arm. Missed, but made his point.

Who Sinwar? That baby killing terrorist evil monster that should have been more rightly slowly torn to pieces instead of given a mercy shot? 

 

What was his point other than Im a murderous coward that is going to die? You gonna say some good words about him?

[loong]

4 hours ago, blazes said:

I thought this information was well-known and a topic of discussion since October 7....

 

Yes, you are correct, but it was really assumption without any real proof.

[Nick Carter icp]

13 hours ago, Social Media said:

For Sinwar and other Hamas leaders, who have long advocated for the destruction of Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state encompassing all of historical Palestine

 

   So, not returning to the 1967 borders and pro Palestinians keep claiming .

Pro Palestinians keep offering the two state solution as a solution .

Hamas wouldn't accept that though 

[Yagoda]

45 minutes ago, loong said:

 

Yes, you are correct, but it was really assumption without any real proof.

Some stuff is just self evident. If the terrorists claim it, it will automatically come out as a lie eventually

[AustinRacing]

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Some stuff is just self evident. If the terrorists claim it, it will automatically come out as a lie eventually

It’s another plot by Israeli government to stir the pot. Ironically it came out when Trump announced negotiations with countries and groups that Israel wants America to help fight. The butt-hurt Israel government is in panic mode having been left out of discussions and decisions by USA that undermines their plan to steal more land and kill anyone in their way. Thankfully they won’t last long leaving the region including Israeli people in peace. 

[MalcolmB]

17 hours ago, Social Media said:

The Israeli military discovered the documents hidden in a tunnel beneath Gaza.

Call me skeptical but the Israeli military has been caught out lying to many times for me to believe anything they say.

[Magictoad]

30 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Call me skeptical but the Israeli military has been caught out lying to many times for me to believe anything they say.

I think you'll find its "too many" not

"to many"..I can give you the grammar rule if you want.

[Nick Carter icp]

55 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Call me skeptical but the Israeli military has been caught out lying to many times for me to believe anything they say.

 

   They haven't , 

Israel hasn't been caught out lying .

But its easy to to disbelieve anything that you don't like the sound of , easy but you just end up being ignorant