They were warned 3 days ahead of time by Egypt, 48 hours ahead of time they moved the location of the concert into the attack zone. It was planned, those people were sacrificed as pawns for land expansion.

The Big Question: Were they under orders to stand down? If yes, who & why?

They were told to stand down and allow it to happen.

Israeli officials had intelligence that Palestinian terror group Hamas was preparing a wide-ranging attack before its October 7 assault but dismissed the information, The New York Times reported Thursday. A document obtained by Israeli authorities at least a year before the attack “outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.”

“The 40-page document, which was reviewed by the newspaper, did not specify when the attack might happen. But it provided a blueprint that Hamas appears to have followed: an initial rocket barrage, efforts to knock out surveillance, and waves of gunmen crossing into Israel by land and air,” the Times of Israel wrote.

The NYT said the document “included sensitive security information about Israeli military capacity and locations” and “circulated widely among the country’s military and intelligence leaders, though it was not clear if it was reviewed by senior politicians including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”