"We have received confirmation that the [resistance] axis will take part in the great liberation project due to the nature of the connection we are working on," said one of the documents written by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza.
During the operation in Khan Yunis, where the headquarters of the Hamas leadership was located, a significant amount of documentation was seized, indicating Sinwar's confidence that Hezbollah would join the attack on Israel on October 7, according to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
There is still no consensus in Israel about the reasons why this did not happen. The main hypothesis is that Hamas did not inform Hezbollah about the exact date of the attack, and then Beirut wanted to see how successful the attack was.
During these few hours, the IDF managed to strengthen the defense lines on the border, making a surprise attack impossible. According to another version, Hezbollah's intervention was blocked by Iran, which wanted to preserve its capabilities for other scenarios.
