Duh. Of course they knew. They probably ran the whole operation. Is anyone silly enough to believe that a bunch of methed up barbarians with gliders and pickup trucks penetrated the most militarized border on Earth and accidentally gave the bloodthirsty Netanyahu the precise excuse he needed to exterminate his enemy and gobble up more land?

It would take a lot of faith to believe something that ridiculous.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-806634