The U.S. intelligence community had no advance knowledge of Hamas’ plan to attack Israel on Oct. 7, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday.
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The New York Times reported last week that Israeli officials obtained plans for the attacks, they named code-named “Jericho Wall,” over a year before the attacks took place but the officials dismissed the idea, saying that Hamas lacked the capability to carry out the attacks.
“The intelligence community has indicated that they did not have access to this document,” Kirby said in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
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