The "Return to October" exhibition offers an immersive reconstruction of the Hamas-led Oct.7, 2023, massacre, combining video with declassified Israel Defense Forces intelligence and planning materials recovered in the Gaza Strip that reveal how the Palestinian terrorist group planned and carried out its cross-border assault.The 600-square-meter exhibition, assembled by the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC), a nonprofit dedicated to commemorating fallen members of Israel's intelligence community.The exhibition features vehicles used in the attack, a film on the abduction of Israeli hostages, a mock Hamas tunnel, and excerpts from the Israel Defense Forces' 47-minute compilation of raw footage from the assault.INSIDE ISRAEL'S MISSION TO TRAIN CIVILIANS TO STOP THE NEXT OCT 7-LIKE TERROR ATTACKA Hamas kidnapping kit from the Oct.
7 attack containing handcuffs, electric shock devices and syringes intended to inject hostages who resisted was displayed at the 'Return to October' exhibition in Israel.(Amelie Botbol for Fox News Digital)"The main conclusion of this exhibition is that Hamas prepared this terror invasion over a long period in a highly organized and professional manner.
It gathered extensive intelligence over many years, and visitors can see examples of that intelligence-gathering effort throughout the exhibition," Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Institute for the Research of the Methodology of Intelligence at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center, told Fox News Digital.Kuperwasser said the exhibition's most significant feature is its collection of documents seized by the IDF in Gaza that Hamas sought to keep hidden.Among them are materials indicating that Hezbollah chose not to fully join the Oct.
7 attack out of concern that Israel would respond with a major offensive.The documents also shed light on the relationship between Hamas and Iran, including the extent of Tehran's involvement."The most important...