Hezbollah terrorists were ready to stage the October 7 massacre as a double strike with Hamas, a former spy has revealed.
The Iranian-backed group conspired to attack Israel's northern border from Lebanon at the same time Hamas thugs rolled in from Gaza.
But Hamas informed Hezbollah leaders when they would attack only at 11:00 a.m., according to former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed.
He said that Hamas leaders, fearing that their plan might be discovered, chose to notify Hezbollah at the last minute.
"Apparently, there was some kind of miscommunication between Hamas and Hezbollah. "Hamas apparently notified Hezbollah of the attack very shortly before the attack," he said.
Following this, the former agent emphasized that Hamas was concerned about the possible leaks of information from Hezbollah to the Israeli intelligence services.
"In the first hours, apparently after the attack, there was some uncertainty. Hezbollah didn't know exactly what was going on. During those critical hours, Israel was actually conscripting all of its reserve forces and rapidly moving into a state of high alert. And apparently those two hours were critical in the decision or the fact that in the end Hezbollah did not join," he said.
Former Mossad agent Avner Avraham added "they tried to plan it together, but they [Hamas] didn't want to tell Hezbollah first."
Hamas gunmen caught Israel by surprise on October 7 in the most devastating surprise attack in its history, as they stormed across the border from Gaza on motorcycles and jets.
The barbarians then unleashed scenes of unimaginable horror, brutally slaughtering more than 1,200 civilians and IDF soldiers.
At least 250 others were kidnapped and dragged across the border to be held hostage. More than 100 prisoners were freed during a short-lived ceasefire last November – but tragically dozens more have been brutally murdered.
As of this month, more than 90 hostages remain unaccounted for. About a third are suspected to have died. The horrific October 7 atrocity prompted retaliation from Israel – with troops largely destroying the Gaza Strip in an attempt to root out Hamas and bring home its trapped civilians.
And just one day after the massacre, Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel in solidarity with its ally, Hamas. But experts say that staging an October 7-style attack by Hezbollah is still a "strong possibility".
Former Mossad officer Avraham said this is why Israel must create a "limited war" to remove Hezbollah from its border.
Avraham told The Sun Israel has already destroyed half of Hezbollah's capability – and could mount a ground invasion to finish the job.