Report: Hamas knew which computer systems it wished at Israeli intelligence base in Oct. 7 assault
Hamas terrorists amassed detailed details about Israeli communities and navy posts close to the Gaza Strip properly earlier than they launched their Oct. 7 rampage that killed greater than 1,200 folks and triggered a warfare now in its third month.
Hamas mapped the areas of border settlements and Israeli Defense Forces positions, then educated its fighters on the weak factors of all of the websites, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.
“They infiltrated Israel, knowing exactly which areas were under less surveillance, where there are observation posts (and) where the dining rooms and sleeping quarters are located,” the newspaper mentioned, citing an Israeli navy supply. “Terrorists knew about the security vulnerabilities of an IDF base located kilometers away from the border.”
Other Hamas militants introduced a video of a server room at an Israeli intelligence base they supposed to assault. “Specific computers to be taken from the server room were marked in the video,” the newspaper reported.
Israeli officers mentioned Iran supplied the Hamas militants with directions about which computer systems they need to take throughout the assault.
“The level of their awareness about the Intelligence Corps base in the western Negev slipped us. They knew exactly what they wanted to achieve,” an IDF supply informed The Jerusalem Post. “It’s amazing to understand the level of their intent before the war.”
Hamas fighters additionally got detailed directions on tapping into the communications traces between IDF items situated close to the Gaza Strip, which might have allowed them to snoop on encrypted programs, in accordance with The Jerusalem Post.
Israeli authorities officers have publicly acknowledged the cascading collection of intelligence failures that allowed Hamas to overwhelm their defenses throughout the Oct. 7 assault. They promised a wide-ranging inquiry as soon as the warfare is accomplished, however in accordance with The Jerusalem Post, a unit of Israel’s Intelligence Division has already launched an investigation.
“The field of defense and information security in the IDF will undergo a ‘fundamental change’ in the coming year, which will require the army to rethink its approach and fundamentally change its way of handling this issue,” the newspaper reported.
