MUST READ TWEET! The author believes (I agree) that Hamas did not plan on being wildly successful on Oct 7.

NEW: One thing that looks odd about Hamas attack on October 7 was, despite its success, it didn’t have any contingency planning, further steps weren’t thought out.

Now two sources tell Middle East Eye that Hamas didn’t plan to take no more than 20-30 hostages, and it didn’t… pic.twitter.com/L65S5iglFh

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) November 1, 2023

Wow. You do get the force of connection on this right? The IDF was given credit for being more combat ready than they actually were by Hamas. Because the IDF wasn't ready, because the civilian population was disarmed and because this all happened on a national holiday, the terrorist wrecked more chaos than they thought possible.