Captured Hezbollah plans reveal that October 7 could have turned into an existential threat to Israel
ITwas 4 a.m, and the IDF troops advancing rapidly toward their destination through the dense Lebanese forest knew that the sun would rise in only an hour, depriving them of the cover of darkness.
Suddenly, they heard a shout from their walkie-talkies: “Stop! Stay where you are. The road ahead of you is mined!”
Several kilometers away, another IDF force had just completed a raid on a Hezbollah compound and was busily combing the site. One group focused on sorting the weaponry found at the site, while others, Arabic-speakers, sat down to review the reams of documents left behind by the terrorists they’d eliminated.
What they found was shocking. Detailed maps, scarily impressive operational plans, precise locations, and code names. But one folded note that looked newer drew a soldier’s attention. When he opened it, he discovered a sketch of a compound that seemed vaguely familiar to him. In a split second, he remembered where he’d seen it. It was just hours ago, during the briefing on the mission back in the operations room. The compound in the sketch was about to be raided by a different IDF force.
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