Hamas carried maps of Israeli towns, military bases; posted video of mock attack: Stunning details
Hamas Days after Palestine-based Hamas stormed into southern Israel from Gaza last weekend and killed more than 1.300 Israelis, documents recovered from the sites of attacks or bodies of dead militants and videos revealed how they prepared themselves to to carry out the precision attacks. The Wall Street Journal reported the militants carried detailed maps of the towns and military bases that they targeted. Some also carried tactical guides identifying weak spots on Israeli army armoured vehicles.
One 14-page document labelled “top secret” in Arabic and dated June 15, 2023, describes a plan for infiltrating Mefalsim, a small collective community called a kibbutz, near Gaza and taking residents hostage.(File)
News agency AP cited a two-minute propaganda video, posted on social media by Hamas on September 12, that shows militants using explosives to blast through a replica of the border gate, sweep in on pickup trucks and then move building by building through a full-scale reconstruction of an Israeli town, firing automatic weapons at human-silhouetted paper targets. Follow Live Updates on Israel-Hamas war
The documents, written in Arabic, are being examined, WSJ reported citing Israeli officials.
Key points from documents and videos recovered from Hamas:
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