Hezbollah and Hamas planned to launch double terror blitz together, expert warns

A two-pronged attack in Israel by both Hezbollah and Hamas to mark the anniversary of the October 7 massacre has been foiled, a former spy has claimed.

The brutes from the Iran-backed terror proxy, Hezbollah, had reportedly planned to strike at the same time as Hamas thugs sweeping in from Gaza.

But Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official, says Israel has got wind of the mission, which he believes is “critical” as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. Hamas kingpins kept their cards close to their chest as they feared their plot could be foiled, Mr Melamed understands.

“Apparently, there was some sort of miscommunication between Hamas and Hezbollah. Hamas apparently notified Hezbollah of the attack very shortly before the attack, because Hamas basically assumed Hezbollah is very breached,” Mr Melamed said.

“And Hamas was concerned about possible leaking from Hezbollah to the Israeli Intelligence Services. In the first hours, apparently after the attack, there was some vagueness. Hezbollah didn’t really know exactly what was going on.”

Hamas gunmen caught Israel off guard on October 7 with the most devastating surprise attack in its history as they stormed across the border from Gaza on motorbikes and handgliders. More than 1,200 civilians and IDF soldiers were massacred at the Nova music festival when Barbarians unleashed scenes of unimaginable horror.

And, with the anniversary one week away, former Mossad agent Avner Avraham told The Sun: “They tried to plan it together, but they [Hamas] didn’t want to tell Hezbollah before.”

As of this month, more than 90 hostages still remain unaccounted for. Around a third are feared dead. This is despite a brief truce in November last year, which saw more than 100 captives freed.

Last week, a pregnant woman and her four children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, according to Palestinian medical officials. The strike, which occurred on Wednesday, targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp, as reported by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in the nearby town of Deir al-Balah. An Associated Press journalist confirmed seeing the bodies. Hospital records revealed that the woman, aged 35, was six months pregnant and her children were between eight and 18 years old.

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