Forged Hamas documents leaked to shape Israeli, international public opinion: Report

Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth reports that the leaked Hamas documents used to describe the group's reported plans to smuggle Israeli captives out of Gaza were forged.

Speaking to military officials, the outlet says the documents were leaked in an attempt to influence public opinion and present a view that Hamas and its leader, Yahya Sinwar, were uninterested in a deal and working to frame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the failures of negotiations.

The documents were used by the UK's Jewish Chronicle and Germany's Bild.

Yedioth Ahronoth says that Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate is not aware of the document used by the Jewish Chronicle.

Additionally, Bild uses a document it claims shows Hamas' lack of interest in a deal with Israel, but the Israeli outlet says examination of the document does not show any reference to that.