New revelations from Egyptian journalist and Islamic movement expert Ma’ar Faragly have brought to light unprecedented details from inside Hamas in the days leading up to the October 7 atrocities. One of the most explosive claims is that top officials within the terror group had been plotting to strip Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar of much of his authority—or even oust him altogether.
Faragly, citing sources with direct access to decision-making circles in Hamas, reports that prior to the October 7 attack, there was an active effort to replace Sinwar with another figure of Turkish origin. Sinwar, who was expected to remain subordinate to the group’s military wing, caught wind of the plan and reportedly declared he would “not surrender Gaza except as heaps of rubble.” This may help explain the timing of the attack, which occurred just one day before the anticipated arrival of his would-be successor.
These revelations align with a prior scoop by journalist Ben Caspit in Maariv, which noted that a treasure trove of intelligence was recovered by Israeli forces following the elimination of Mohammed Sinwar. Among the materials was a highly sensitive document laying out, in chilling detail and in the words of Hamas leaders themselves, the rationale behind the October 7 offensive, the leadership’s mindset, their coordination (or lack thereof) with allies such as Hezbollah and Iran, and their complete operational plan — built around the belief that this assault could lead to the destruction of the State of Israel.
The document, a lengthy and detailed letter, was authored jointly by Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, and Marwan Issa. It was addressed to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Brigadier General Saeed Izadi, commander of the “Palestine Corps” within Iran’s Quds Force. It was discovered inside the bunker where Sinwar had been hiding along with Hamas’s top military commanders, alongside an extensive cache of internal communications, letters, operational plans, and correspondence between Hamas leaders and foreign contacts.
Evidence suggests that this letter was dispatched by Deif, Sinwar, and Issa on the morning of October 7, either just before or shortly after the Nukhba terrorists launched their deadly invasion of Israeli communities near the Gaza border.
A close reading of the letter provides unprecedented insight into the inner workings of Hamas leadership: their belief in Israel’s eventual downfall, the internal political turmoil that led to this catastrophic decision, and their unilateral move to start a war without coordination with other members of the so-called “Axis of Resistance.”
In the letter, the Hamas leaders beg Nasrallah to join the war effort and offer a heartfelt apology for not informing him in advance. They outline how they envision Hezbollah’s involvement and how they see the broader conflict unfolding—“until the annihilation of Israel.”
Essentially serving as Hamas’s “order of the day,” the letter includes battlefield updates and directives for what the organization labeled “the day the campaign to destroy Israel begins.” Nasrallah was the intended recipient, with Izadi copied on the correspondence. The message features three Sunni jihadist leaders (Deif, Sinwar, and Issa) reporting to two senior Shiite jihadists (Nasrallah and Izadi), laying out the launch of their joint effort to obliterate what they call “the Zionist entity” — in strikingly granular detail. Alongside real-time assessments, the letter also includes an explicit apology from Hamas’s top leadership for failing to alert Nasrallah beforehand, citing “the enemy’s intelligence capabilities” as the reason for the secrecy.
{Matzav.com Israel}