Israeli soldiers inspect burnt cars
Israel soldiers inspect burnt cars at the site of the Hamas terrorist attacks on the Nova music festival in southern Israel.
  • Israel stopped monitoring Hamas' radio communications last year, NYT reported.
  • Israel saw an unusual level of Hamas activity in Gaza the night before the terror attacks, NYT said.
  • But officials convinced themselves it was just a military exercise, the report said.

Israel's signals intelligence agency stopped monitoring Hamas' radio communications last year because they believed it was a waste of time, according to a report from The New York Times.