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Sinwar Documents Reveal Hamas Oct 7 Planning · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF has released what it describes as previously unseen
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  Speaker 1: documents pennied by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. These papers reportedly
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  Speaker 1: detail explicit instructions for terrorists to plan and broadcast the
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  Speaker 1: atrocities of the October 7th massacre. According to the IDF,
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  Speaker 1: Sinwar demanded that acts be documented and and shared rapidly
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  Speaker 1: to terrorise Israel. The documents allegedly include directives for acts
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  Speaker 1: of extreme violence and calls for burning down entire neighbourhoods
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  Speaker 1: to be filmed and broadcast. Adding to this disturbing picture,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF also released a letter recovered in Gaza. This letter,
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  Speaker 1: reportedly written by Sinwar's 10-year-old son Ibrahim at the start
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  Speaker 1: of the war, expresses a desire to shoot the Jews
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  Speaker 1: and includes drawings of weapons. The IDF stated this illustrates
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  Speaker 1: how Hamas's values of hatred and violence impact the younger generation. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: an Israel Democracy Institute survey, conducted between October 5 and 8,
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  Speaker 1: sheds light on Israeli public opinion. It found that a
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  Speaker 1: strong majority of Jewish Israelis, 72%, supported requiring ultra-Orthodox men
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  Speaker 1: to enlist in the IDF. Additionally, 71% favoured establishing a
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  Speaker 1: state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack. However,
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  Speaker 1: The survey also highlighted divisions. While only a quarter of
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  Speaker 1: Jewish respondents supported exploring negotiations with Palestinians, this proposal found
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  Speaker 1: favour with 58% of Arab Israelis. Views also differed on
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  Speaker 1: settlement policy in the West Bank, with 55% of respondents
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  Speaker 1: approving of current policies, and over two-thirds of Jewish Israelis
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  Speaker 1: viewing settlements favourably, compared to half of Arab Israelis. The
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  Speaker 1: survey also touched on international pressure. Regarding sanctions on goods
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  Speaker 1: from Israeli settlements announced by the UK, Canada and France,
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  Speaker 1: 63% of respondents supported a strong Israeli response and equal
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  Speaker 1: treatment for settlement products. Around 70% of Jewish respondents specifically
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  Speaker 1: backed demanding this equal treatment. International scrutiny on settlements continues.
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  Speaker 1: China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, directly challenged President Isaac Herzog,
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  Speaker 1: demanding Israel halt and reverse settlement construction in Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: and pressing for a two-state solution. Separately, Egyptian President Abdel
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  Speaker 1: Fattah el-Sisi revealed tense exchanges with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 1: Sisi stated Netanyahu repeatedly questioned Egypt's growing military build-up, while
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  Speaker 1: Sisi assured him that Egypt's military aims to preserve regional peace.
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  Speaker 1: Sisi also reiterated his long-standing calls for Netanyahu to accept
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  Speaker 1: the establishment of a Palestinian state for regional stability. Closer
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  Speaker 1: to home for many Jewish communities abroad, a report highlights
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  Speaker 1: significant shifts in American Jewish voting patterns. Democratic support among
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  Speaker 1: Jewish voters in New York has fallen considerably. The report
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  Speaker 1: notes that 35% of Jewish Democrats find it harder to
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  Speaker 1: identify with their party due to the rise of anti-Israel candidates.
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  Speaker 1: Looking inward, amid years of war and division, an argument
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  Speaker 1: is being made for a broad unity government. The premise
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  Speaker 1: is that Israel requires a government with stability and legitimacy
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  Speaker 1: to repair a deeply wounded nation. This includes independently investigating
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  Speaker 1: the failures leading up to October 7th, addressing unequal national
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  Speaker 1: obligations like military service, and rehabilitating the country's democratic and
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