"No one understood this, not the Intelligence Corps, not the Shin Bet, nor the Mossad. Otherwise, they wouldn't have left the border unguarded."
The document outlined "a methodical assault" in which drones would attack Israel's surveillance system as terrorists entered the country using paragliders and motorcycles under the cover of rockets.
The first reports about the potential flotilla came out on November 20, with bombastic predictions of reaching 1,000 small vessels to challenge the Israeli navy by activist Volkan Okclugu.
The night after the attack, he was excluded from the conversation between the generals and the Chief of Staff, and was only updated afterwards.
At the end of May, IDF intelligence soldiers observed Hamas terrorists drilling an invasion into kibbutzim.
The plan to assassinate Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, presented to Netanyahu, was detailed and ready for execution but was ultimately rejected by the prime minister.
An IDF intelligence official warned of harm to Israel's deterrence and the potential of multiple fronts joining together.
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