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Use of human shields by terrorists (view source)
Revision as of 00:57, May 8, 2022
, 00:57, May 8, 2022Op. Guardian of Walls, terror-tunnels
Aishi Zidan, a journalist for the daily newspaper Helsinging Sanomat, described the rocket attack in a report, which was uploaded to YouTube on Friday. The blog Legal Insurrection provided a translation of the Finnish report.</blockquote></ref> She is of Arab descent.
Aishi Zidan, a journalist for the daily newspaper Helsinging Sanomat, described the rocket attack in a report, which was uploaded to YouTube on Friday. The blog Legal Insurrection provided a translation of the Finnish report.</blockquote></ref> She is of Arab descent.
The Hamas terror-tunnels have been built intentionally beneath civilian areas. And the IDF had to maneuver very carefully how to eliminate terror actors hiding there, such as in [[Guardian of walls]] op. <ref>Amir Bohbot, [https://news.walla.co.il/item/3504460 This is how the top Hamas engineers were eliminated in the "Guardian of the Walls": "They were buried"], ''Walla!'', 07/05/2022.
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During the operation, the IDF launched the "Goliath City" plan, the details of which are revealed for the first time, in which a huge branch branched off in tunnels under civilian buildings in Gaza City. "
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Hamas operatives inside a terrorist tunnel - Gaza Strip, August 2014 (Photo: Reuters)]</font>
Operation Guardian of the Walls began on May 10, 2021, Monday, with a significant air force attack that included 130 terrorist targets. Hamas understood that the IDF was facing an extensive operation and not a one-off response....
That evening, the chief of staff approved the "Goliath city" attack plan...
In a bunker, Hamas' research, development and production of weapons were hidden inside a ramified system of top tunnels. The challenge of attacking the bunker was enormous, as it was built (not by chance) under buildings containing civilians.
Researchers who analyzed the engineering infrastructure that helped build the huge bunker found that the "city" also has tunnels that lead to the heart of the bunker from nearby buildings.
After countless planning, training, exercises and technique development processes, the Air Force under the direct command of Amikam Nurkin prepared to attack the bunker.
At around 05:20 on Thursday morning, the Air Force attacked in more than four minutes more than 10 shafts that led to the bunker.
"We told ourselves that it was better not to attack the heart of the bunker, due to the fear of harming civilians, so we attacked the openings and so they were buried," said a source who was exposed to the operational plan before the execution.
"The results were impressive and accurate. If they had missed one shaft they would have managed to escape from the bunker."
According to IDF estimates, apart from senior Hamas figures who were killed, 50% of the rocket's production capacity and 75% of the Islamic Jihad's production capacity were damaged in the operation.
Beyond that, in the internal discussions in the defense establishment, the insight arose that after Operation Goliath, it will be difficult for Hamas to rebuild its military force.
The question then arose about the attack on the "metro", a ramified system of tunnels that Hamas had built for more than 15 years under Gaza City and by which escaped unmanned aerial vehicles....
"They invested everything in it, and the IDF destroyed it in the 'Guardian of the Walls.' Does that mean there will be no tunnels in Gaza?" Saar continued. "There will be tunnels in Gaza... but the tunnels - in a completely different event.
Now they already understand that they can die in the tunnels, now they understand that they can not move everything to the tunnels. Now they understand that we have a huge advantage over them and they need a different systemic idea."</blockquote></ref>
Days after [[Guardian of walls]] op., on May-28-2021, Hamas' head Y. Sinwar, played "hero," challenging Israel to eliminate him while he was careful to surrounded himself with civilians.<ref>[https://www.zman.co.il/224663 Yoni Ben Menachem: Yahya Sanwar Challenges Israel], Zman, May 28, 2021.<blockquote>The Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip emerges from his hiding place and begins to provoke Israel, When he calls on her to try and eliminate him ... He was careful to walk around surrounded by bodyguards and residents of the Gaza Strip who served as his "human shield," assuming that the IDF would not eliminate him when surrounded by civilians.</blockquote></ref>
Days after [[Guardian of walls]] op., on May-28-2021, Hamas' head Y. Sinwar, played "hero," challenging Israel to eliminate him while he was careful to surrounded himself with civilians.<ref>[https://www.zman.co.il/224663 Yoni Ben Menachem: Yahya Sanwar Challenges Israel], Zman, May 28, 2021.<blockquote>The Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip emerges from his hiding place and begins to provoke Israel, When he calls on her to try and eliminate him ... He was careful to walk around surrounded by bodyguards and residents of the Gaza Strip who served as his "human shield," assuming that the IDF would not eliminate him when surrounded by civilians.</blockquote></ref>