IDF Reveals Hamas Plan to Use Gaza Camps for Explosive Attacks

According to the IDF, the plan aimed to create panic among the civilian population to serve as a smokescreen, providing cover for the escape of Hamas commanders and operatives and protecting its leadership. The document also proposed planting explosives along routes that Gaza residents might use to impede the IDF's advance, and firing sonic or sound bombs within the camps to generate chaos and facilitate the escape of terrorists hiding in the vicinity.

The IDF stated that the document is further evidence of Hamas's willingness to deliberately endanger and exploit Gazan civilians to advance its terrorist operations, despite being aware that its actions could cause them significant harm. Commenting on the group's current status, an Israeli security official told i24NEWS that Hamas's capabilities have been significantly degraded and that Israel is proactively working to diminish them further.