Hamas, it appears, did not know about the Nova festival taking place not far from the border—until they happened on it. The horrifying, tragic, still difficult to believe story of what transpired when they got there, we all know too well by now.
Yet while they didn’t know about the Nova, they knew Israel well, and had maps, food, plasma, copious amounts…
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