(NewsNation) – Israeli officials obtained a 40-page document detailing Hamas’s plan to launch an attack on the country more than a year before the militant group’s Oct. 7 invasion that killed hundreds of people becomes. The New York Times reported this on Thursday.

That document, which Israeli authorities called the “Jericho Wall,” detailed point by point a hypothetical Hamas attack on communities in southern Israel. However, no exact date was given for the attack, which killed 1,200 Israelis and sparked a war 13,300 Palestinians were killed after the Israeli bombardment.

The New York Times does not mention how it obtained this document, but notes in the article that it was translated for them. According to the New York Times, Hamas followed the “blueprint” laid out in the plan “with shocking precision.”

For example, the document called for bombarding Israel with rockets at the start of the attack, using drones to knock out security cameras and machine guns at the border, and armed men entering Israel on paragliders, motorcycles and on foot. This all happened on October 7, the Times said. Another Israeli defense memo from 2016 stated that Hamas intended to return hostages to Gaza – which it did on October 7.

The New York Times said the document describes “a methodical attack aimed at overwhelming the fortifications surrounding the Gaza Strip, taking Israeli towns and storming key military bases, including a division headquarters.”

Although the Jericho Wall was widely discussed among Israeli military and intelligence leaders, the New York Times wrote that they concluded that an attack like this was beyond Hamas’ capabilities. For them, the plan was “ambitious” and not something they believed could actually be implemented, the newspaper said.

However, The New York Times added that it was not clear whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other senior political leaders had seen this document.

If officials had taken the warnings seriously and diverted reinforcements to the area attacked by Hamas, Israel could have mitigated or possibly even prevented them, officials privately acknowledged, according to the New York Times.

The Israeli military declined to comment on the report, saying there will be a time and place for accountability – a similar sentiment to Netanyahu.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking to reporters during his third visit to Israel on Friday, said there will be “plenty of opportunities for a full reckoning on October 7.”

“Right now the focus is on making sure (Israel) can do everything it can to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again, to make sure civilians are protected, to make sure humanitarian aid gets (to Gaza),” Blinken said.

Since October 7, there has been much criticism from citizens of the Israeli government and of Netanyahu himself – a recent poll found that 76% of Israelis say they want Netanyahu to resign. according to NPR, and other polls show that if an election were held now, the Prime Minister would lose.

The Associated Press notes that the NYT report is the latest in a series of reports Signs that senior Israeli commanders either ignored or downplayed warnings that Hamas was planning the attack. A month before their attack, according to the Associated Press, Hamas released a video on social media showing militants using explosives to breach a replica of the border gate, rushing in with pickup trucks and then moving building by building through a complete reconstruction of the border gate in an Israeli city, as they fired automatic weapons at paper targets with silhouettes of people on them.

Former CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon, the founder of the International network for help, assistance and supportcompared Israel’s response to the Jericho Wall to America’s during 9/11.

She said intelligence information from several U.S. organizations had also been disseminated warning of a “significant and devastating attack” on U.S. soil. “The signs were there, the signs were there, but there was a massive, massive failure,” Damon said on NewsNation Now.

Associated Press and NewsNation Washington managing editor Nardos Mesmer contributed to this report.