Hamas Mastermind Named October 7 Attack 'Al-Aqsa Flood'

Reuters reported that Mohammed Deif, the secretive Hamas military commander behind the 7 October attack on Israel, called the operation "Al Aqsa Flood" and invoked "the rage of Al Aqsa" in a recorded announcement. A source close to Hamas linked planning for the attack to confrontations at the Al-Aqsa compound in May 2021. Naming the deadliest attack in Israel's history after the mosque on the Temple Mount placed the site at the centre of the war that followed.