Was the October 7 Attack on Israel a False Flag?

13 min readJan 11, 2024

“Israel is funding terrorism against itself” — Avigdor Liberman, Benjamin Netanyahu’s former Defense Minister. [1]

At 6am October 7 2023, rockets were launched into the towns of Ashkelon and Ashdod, with some making it all the way to Tel Aviv. Then around 1000 Hamas militants, some who made it in via para-gliders, breached a security barrier at several positions with explosives. Bulldozers were also used to create openings for more Hamas fighters go through. [2]

However, as early as 5am the IDF was alerted of a “significant interference with the border fence”. As per protocol, the patrol was making its way to the fence but a commander forbade them. The Israeli armored force were then made to stand down inside a Namer tank, while Hamas broke through the fence just a few hundred meters from them. [36]

Once in, Hamas was able to over run police stations and attack the Israeli Defense Force’s (IDF) headquarters. They were able to make it at least 14 miles in from the border, and kill around 50 Israelis. Unfortunately the Israelis living near the border were conveniently disarmed by their government, making them easy pickings for Hamas. [2][39]

To this day the death toll numbers at more than 1,300 Israelis, and 20,000 Palestinians. [2][34]

But Hamas is not the terror group you see in the movies or other works of fiction. Hamas itself is an Israeli proxy group, that poses as a phony resistance movement to hijack the Palestinian’s fight against Zionist abuse. The leadership is at least in the know, with most Hamas zealots fooled into believing they are part of something legitimate. [3][4][5]

For more information on this you can read this article on how Israel funded Hamas and still continues its support. But here are more direct quotes from high ranking Israeli officials:

“Netanyahu’s strategy is to prevent the option of two states, so he is turning Hamas into his closest partner. Openly Hamas is an enemy. Covertly, it’s an ally.” — Israeli major general Gershon Hacohen [3]

“Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state must support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas. That’s part of our strategy…” — Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister [6]

“The Israeli Government gave me a budget and the military government gives to the mosques”, Israeli Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev telling a New York Times writer how Israel funds Hamas. [7]

“Both Egypt and Qatar are angry with Hamas and planned to cut ties with them. Suddenly Netanyahu appears as the defender of Hamas”. — Avigdor Liberman, former Israel Defense Minister, on Netanyahu begging Qatar and Egypt to continue funding Hamas. [4]

Foreknowledge

Hamas training for the attack. Source: WSJ - “**Hamas Trained for Oct. 7 Attack in Plain Sight**”

In 2022, a year before the attack, Hamas’ battle plans were obtained by Israelis officials, the New York Times reported. Israel claims it was “too difficult for Hamas to carry out” so it was dismissed. The document titled “Jericho Wall” was followed precisely as it was written. [10]

“Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. The document called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack, drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border, and gunmen to pour into Israel en masse in paragliders, on motorcycles and on foot — all of which happened on Oct. 7.” [10]

Hamas also included details of the location of military communication hubs, and other classified information. Which made the New York Times writer wonder if “there were leaks inside the Israeli security establishment”. But lets not forget the Israel government’s public support for Hamas when answering that question. [10]

3 months before the attacks, an analyst in Unit 8200 warned that Hamas was conducting training that mirrored what was in the battle plan But her superior dismissed it and even threatened her with with a military trial if she kept talking about it. [10][15]

“Officials privately concede that, had the military taken these warnings seriously and redirected significant reinforcements to the south, where Hamas attacked, Israel could have blunted the attacks or possibly even prevented them.” [10]

But don’t be swayed by the claims that they didn’t think Hamas could pull off the attack. Intelligence was given to these Israeli officials on Hamas purchasing sophisticated technology such as drones and GPS jammers. The memo written by Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, also said that Hamas had grown its fighting force to 27,000. By the way, Avigdor later resigned his position citing that “Israel is funding terrorism against itself”. [1][10]

Israel also knew that Hamas manufactured rockets and had around 15,000. Videos of Hamas conducting paraglider training, hostage taking training, and even drone surveillance of the Israeli military were seen by Israeli officials before the attacks.[11]

All of these things were being paid mostly by Qatar, but allowed and encouraged by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu himself. This was all despite the battle plans being in Israeli possession, and the hard evidence showing Hamas practicing for the attack. [12]

9 days before the attack 27 Israelis who lived next to Gaza set up a WhatsApp group named Field Security Operational Monitor which allowed them to snoop on Hamas’ wireless communications. This made them privy to Hamas practicing the attack, and the information was passed on to the IDF, but predictably their fears were also dismissed. Instead of increasing security, the IDF restricted the Israeli citizens ability to tap into Hamas’ communications. [16]

The above also debunks claims that Hamas only used landlines to communicate and evade Israeli intelligence.

Israel’s Kan 11 reporter Asaf Pozailov Tweeted on October 3: “The Islamic Jihad organization has launched a loud exercise very close to the border, including missile launches, breaking into Israel and kidnapping soldiers. Dedi Peled, a resident of Netiv Ha’Asara [says]: This was significantly closer than previous times, the kids wake up during their holiday break and ask what happened, there are explosions. It’s not like previous exercises.”

Hamas breached the gate while an armored patrol inside a Namer tank were **ordered to stand down** just a few hundred meters away.

An informant for Israel’s security agency Shin Bet, told them that Hamas was planning a big attack in early October. But Shin Bet kept it to themselves, and the warning was not made public until more than 2 months after the attack. [37]

The day before the attack, Hamas was spotted preparing for it. This was so obvious that Israeli intelligence held an emergency meeting but decided on waiting for more evidence. This was later called a “misjudgment”. [38]

Shin Bet claims that they sent “a small Shin Bet special force team and a team from the police counterterrorism special unit to southern Israel for a scenario of an attempt to infiltrate across the border and conduct a limited kidnapping operation”. But where were they during the attack? [38]

Insider Trading

A study was conducted by the New York University School of Law and the Columbia Law School:

“Abstract

Recent scholarship shows that informed traders increasingly disguise trades in economically linked securities such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Linking that work to longstanding literature on financial markets’ reactions to military conflict, we document a significant spike in short selling in the principal Israeli-company ETF days before the October 7 Hamas attack. The short selling that day far exceeded the short selling that occurred during numerous other periods of crisis, including the recession following the financial crisis, the 2014 Israel-Gaza war, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, we identify increases in short selling before the attack in dozens of Israeli companies traded in Tel Aviv. For one Israeli company alone, 4.43 million new shares sold short over the September 14 to October 5 period yielded profits (or approximates avoided losses) of millions on that additional short selling for one out of hundreds of securities traded on the TASE. Although we see no aggregate increase in shorting of Israeli companies on U.S. exchanges, we do identify a sharp and unusual increase, just before the attacks, in trading in risky short-dated options on these companies expiring just after the attacks. We identify similar patterns in the Israeli ETF at times when it was reported that Hamas was planning to execute a similar attack as in October. Our findings suggest that traders informed about the coming attacks profited from these tragic events, and consistent with prior literature we show that trading of this kind occurs in gaps in U.S. and international enforcement of legal prohibitions on informed trading. We contribute to the growing literature on trading related to geopolitical events and offer suggestions for policymakers concerned about profitable trading on the basis of information about coming military conflict.” [9]

The amount of money involved was deemed “unusual”, and “economically significant”. The trading dates not only show foreknowledge of the date of the attack, but which specific companies would suffer as the result of the attack. To this date the names of the traders have not been made public. [8][9]

Egyptian Intelligence Warnings

10 days before the attack, Egyptian intelligence warned Israel that Hamas was going to attack them, but the warnings were dismissed. Abbas Kamel, Egypt’s Intelligence Minister said he called Netanyahu, to inform him but was shocked that Netanyahu was indifferent about the news and told him he was “submerged in troubles in the West Bank”. [13][14]

Israel’s “Security Failures”

The so-called “security failures” costed many lives.

Israeli officials strangely claim that they were “duped” by Hamas into believing that they were “uninterested” in attacking Israel — despite the hard-evidence Israel possessed such as the Hamas battle plan, and video and audio evidence showing their preparations for the attack. They were said to have been “duped” so badly, that Israel even relaxed its Gaza borders on September, letting hundreds of Palestinian laborers into Israel. Allowing Hamas spies to go in and gather more intelligence. [17]

To make matters worse, it was Hamas itself who negotiated with Israel for Palestinian laborer permits. All while practicing the border breaching right in front of them. [10]

Before the attacks, Israeli intelligence reported an activity surge on Gazan militant networks they monitored. The alert was sent to Israeli soldiers at the Gazan border, “but the warning wasn’t acted upon, either because the soldiers didn’t get it or the soldiers didn’t read it”. [18]

Although we later found out that at least one armored patrol was making its way to the fence, only to be told to stand down. [36]

Commanders were clustered together inside a single border base, which prevented them from communicating and issuing orders to the rest of the armed forces, as it was overrun during the attack. Some were killed and others taken hostage. [18]

Israel’s state-of-the-art border surveillance system used sensors, cameras and remote controlled machine guns to lower the number of troops there. Barriers both above and underground, make it near impossible for Hamas to dig tunnels and breach the border without being spotted first. [18]

A number of troops were moved from the border and stationed on other places such as the West Bank. And because Hamas took out the remote surveillance system by using explosive drones against cellular towers, they claim they were not able to tell where Hamas was coming from. Although various reports show that they knew where it was coming from, including the patrol who was told to stand down. [18][36]

Despite air force bases just minutes away in flying time, it took them hours to provide air cover. On the ground the military and police sometimes took up to 20 hours to mobilize. [18]

Israel has the technology to listen to almost every phone call in Gaza, and has various spies inside as well, yet they could not tell what hundreds of Hamas operatives already knew? Those hundreds of Hamas operatives trained by the border fence for 2 years. [19]

“We spend billions and billions on gathering intelligence on Hamas,” said Yoel Guzansky, a former senior official at Israel’s National Security Council. “Then, in a second,” he added, “everything collapsed like dominoes.” [18]

Stated Goals

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s has always opposed a two-state solution, where the region is split between a Palestinian country and Israel. The bombings, and blocking of resources such as water and food will either kill or displace Palestinians from their land which is now up for grabs. [20][21]

Some zealots in Netanyahu’s administration have openly called for the use of atomic bombs, and celebrated the genocidal and indiscriminate bombing because according to them “there’s no such thing as innocents in Gaza”. But while some Zionist officials are open lunatics, others are a little more business oriented about their goals. [28]

Displacement

More than 85% of Gazans have been displaced.

The war, lack of food and water has proven very effective in displacing already more than 85% of Gazans. [21]

Policy papers from the Israeli Think Tank the Misgav Institute, which was headed by Netanyahu’s former National Security Advisor say: “There is currently a unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the entire Gaza Strip in coordination with the Egyptian government. An immediate, realistic and sustainable plan for the resettlement and humanitarian rehabilitation of the entire Arab population in the Gaza Strip is required which aligns well with the economic and geopolitical interests of Israel, Egypt, the USA and Saudi Arabia.” [22]

Another document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence also talks about forcing Gazans into Egypt in the name of “positive and long term strategic results”. It has a three stage plan that includes tent cities in Sinai, a “humanitarian” passage, and preventing their return to Gaza. [23][24][29]

The above has been put into practice by Israel, as they have attempted to push people from Gaza into Egypt. Although Egypt has refused to allow an influx of refugees. [21]

Oil, and Natural Gas Reservoirs

With the majority of the Gazan population displaced, the ‘international business network’ can now move in and take over its resources. This is known as Neocolonialism, or the control of countries through indirect means. [26]

60% of gas reserves on the Israel-Gaza coastline belong to Palestinians, and are worth hundreds of billions of dollars. But Israeli occupation prevents them from exploiting their own natural gas and oil reservoirs. It’s of no surprise that Israel and the intentional business network are interested in their resources. [27]

After the war between Russia and Ukraine started, Europe has been looking for alternatives to the Russian energy suppliers who had been selling gas to their nations. Europe then revived a $1.4 billion plan that would split the money between the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Egypt, and Hamas. But the war has put a stop to this. Israel it seems, has a project of its own for the region, which is to become a major gas and oil exporter. [27]

Israel instead took advantage of the war and awarded licenses to 6 companies that include British Petroleum (BP), and the Italian ENI. The gas exploration licenses were used to find natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean, most which is Palestinian territory. [27]

Ben Gurion Canal Project

The canal route cutting through Gaza would save billions of dollars.

An alternative trade route to rival the Suez Canal, which is the primary shipping route between Europe and Asia. The Suez Canal is still under control of Egypt, and Israel’s plan is to have a major trade route under its control and make billions through tolls and taxes. However Palestinian presence stands in the way of Israel’s ambitions. [30]

Originally the plan was to build the canal around Palestinian territory, but Israel would prefer to cut billions in costs by avoiding detours, and is now eyeing to build it right through the middle of Gaza. [30][31]

Other versions of the canal’s path have it passing close to Gaza’s northern border, which coincidentally has been the focus of heavy bombing since the war started. This has made many Palestinians flee from north to south, and makes Israel’s business project a lot easier. [30][31]

Interestingly, the Rothschild family, who also helped create Israel, was planning this same canal half-a-century before Israel’s birth. This is one of the main reasons for the “return to Zion” — big business and using the average Jew as a sacrificial lamb to unwittingly aid the elite Zionist money making schemes. The victims here are the average Arab and Jew, at the crossfire of true cut-throat capitalism from a psychotic elite class. [32]