Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza, conveyed a message to Israel before October 7, but it was not correctly interpreted. Some even thought it was related to the abduction of Elizabeth Zurkov in Iraq.
According to Avraham's report on News 12, the message Sinwar conveyed to Israel was that "there is expected escalation in the issue of prisoners and detainees." In Israel, the message was misunderstood, and it was understood as referring to developments regarding prisoners and the missing.
Additionally, it emerges from the report that the information was circulated to a limited number within the political and security system. Relevant bodies held discussions and attempted to interpret Sinwar's intention, concluding that he was referring to the issue of prisoners and the missing but failing to realize it was a warning of an impending attack. Marking a major interpretation mistake by Israels security ahead of the horrific October attack.
