Intelligence analysts are pouring over Hamas‘ 65 million computer files and half a million documents, all of which Israeli troops have collected since Oct. 27 when they invaded the Gaza Strip.
The dissection is being done by the Document and Technical Means Collection Unit, part of the Israel Defense Forces’ Intelligence Directorate and comprised primarily of army reservists, Israeli officers stated Thursday.
“Its job is to extract intelligence from the assets collected by all the soldiers in the field,” the IDF stated on its Telegram social media web page. “The unit analyzes and concludes operational implications, which improve the activity of the soldiers in the Gaza Strip.”
Raw intelligence is gathered on the battlefield, analyzed and returned as contemporary tactical info for the items within the discipline. IDF officers cited a latest instance when troopers found a map of a tunnel complicated utilized by Hamas. The intelligence analysts studied the doc and recognized its location.
“The information was relayed back to the soldiers in the field, the tunnel shaft was identified near IDF soldiers and was neutralized by combat engineering soldiers,” officers stated.
Intelligence gathered within the discipline additionally helped IDF troopers find a mosque in Khan Yunis, a metropolis within the southern Gaza Strip, that Hamas terrorists used to launch assaults in opposition to Israeli troops, officers stated.
