(Washington Post) Joby Warrick - Years before the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, Hamas's leaders plotted a deadlier wave of terrorist assaults against Israel, potentially including a Sept. 11-style toppling of a Tel Aviv skyscraper, while they pressed Iran to assist in helping achieve their vision of annihilating the Jewish state, according to documents seized by Israeli forces in Gaza. In letters written in 2021, Hamas's Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar appealed to several senior Iranian officials including supreme leader Ali Khamenei for additional financial and military support, pledging that, with Iran's backing, he could destroy Israel completely in two years. A 36-page computer slide presentation created in 2022, titled "Strategy to Build an Appropriate Plan to Liberate Palestine," contains dozens of maps, photographs and schematics depicting the movement of Hamas fighters against Israeli targets ranging from military command centers to shopping malls.
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