Al Jazeera has broadcast a recorded conversation between Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif. The network says the call took place after the IDF's Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021. It presented a document dated October 5, 2023, which it describes as the operational order Deif signed for the October 7 massacre. The document sets the start of the attack for 6:30 a.m.
The material aired Friday evening on the program What Is Hidden Is Greater. The program included archival footage of Deif and other senior commanders of Hamas's military wing. The program also presented documents that the network says shed light on how the attack was planned.
According to the program, Deif signed the October 5 order after a six-hour staff meeting. The program also presented a second document. It says this document comes from a February 2023 meeting of Hamas's inner military command and records the decision to start preparing for the attack, months before it was launched.
