Israeli military correspondent: The Shin Bet investigated an attack on Daif before the attack on October 7. The information was approved for publication by the Israeli military censor, the information concerns Muhammad Daif who entered an underground emergency headquarters in Khan Yunis. Intelligence detected use of one of its emergency headquarters around midnight, but was unable to confirm whether Daif or one of his aides was present. The Shin Bet assigned a UAV to monitor the site and learned to target Daif if his presence was confirmed, but the monitoring did not resolve the matter before the attack began at 6:29 a.m. on October 7. Other indicators included movements in the tunnel network and the removal of missile launcher covers.

Israeli military correspondent: The Shin Bet investigated an attack on Daif before the attack on October 7. The information was approved for publication by the Israeli military censor, the information concerns Muhammad Daif who entered an underground emergency headquarters in Khan Yunis. Intelligence detected use of one of its emergency headquarters around midnight, but was unable to confirm whether Daif or one of his aides was present. The Shin Bet assigned a UAV to monitor the site and learned to target Daif if his presence was confirmed, but the monitoring did not resolve the matter before the attack began at 6:29 a.m. on October 7. Other indicators included movements in the tunnel network and the removal of missile launcher covers.