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The carnage unleashed by Hamas on Israel on October 7 claimed 1,400 lives and left a traumatized country. But how could the terrorist organization plan such brutal attacks without being discovered by the secret services? According to experts, Hamas relied on an old spy measure and communicated exclusively via cable telephones.
There is an advanced tunnel system under the Gaza Strip. The Israeli secret service also calls it the ‘Gaza Metro’ because the network of tunnels is a true labyrinth.
Mobile phones and computers are taboo
Although Israel and Egypt had repeatedly tried to prevent the construction of new tunnels, Hamas diligently dug underground tunnels. And landline telephone lines have been installed, two insider sources with access to intelligence told CNN.
The terrorists were able to communicate with each other unnoticed via old-fashioned telephone lines, such as those from before the Internet age. Hamas deliberately avoided the use of modern mobile phones and computers when drawing up its plan. Experts believe that Hamas has been working on the details of the attack on Israel over the past two years.
Hamas fighters did not know the mission
Only a small group of terrorists had information about the specific plan of the bloody operation. The 1,500 terrorists who entered Israel on October 7 were well trained. But most remained in the dark about the specific mission until shortly before the attack.
The Western secret services also did not sense any danger, although they had observed individual above-ground exercises by Hamas.
This didn’t really worry anyone. “They always train their people this way. “It didn’t look any different,” the source told CNN. But it was different.
Israel knew about telephone systems
Apparently Israel knew that Hamas was communicating via cable telephones. Over the summer, Israeli officials discovered a similar communications system in the West Bank. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), it was a “hub for coordination and communication between terrorists.” He was destroyed.
The attack a few months later on the Israeli towns on the border came as a complete surprise to Israel. The IDF has already admitted serious mistakes. “The military intelligence under my command did not warn about Hamas’s terrorist attack,” Major General Aharon Haliva said in a letter. We will investigate these errors and draw conclusions from them. He added: “Now there is only one task: fight back and win.” (jwg)
Source: Blick
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