IDF intelligence noted the night before Hamas's October 7 invasion that hundreds of Hamas members were switching on Israeli SIM cards, the censor finally cleared for publication on Monday, more than four months later.
The fact that so many Hamas members were switching to Israeli SIM cards could have been strong evidence of a potential invasion.
Despite this evidence, the overall view at the time of IDF intelligence and other IDF officials was that Hamas would not dare to try such an invasion.
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