Källa: Hamas lurade Israel med info om Islamiska jihad
Under den långa planeringen inför terrorattacken i oktober vilseledde Hamas Israel genom att dela underrättelseinformation om Islamiska jihad. På så sätt antydde terrorgruppen att man var intresserad av att samarbeta med Israel, rapporterar Washington Post med hänvisning till en israelisk säkerhetskälla.
Det ska även ha funnits planer på diskussioner mellan parterna senare under hösten.
Under månaderna före attacken iscensattes också stora demonstrationer på Gaza-sidan av gränsstängslet. Syftet ska ha varit att göra israeliska militären vana vid åsynen av folksamlingar vid gränsen och invagga Israel i en falsk känsla av trygghet. Det säger Miri Eisin, tidigare högt uppsatt inom IDF, till Washington Post.
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Palestinska Islamiska jihad
Wikipedia (en)
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين, Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn), commonly known simply as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian Islamist paramilitary organization formed in 1981.
PIJ formed as an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and was influenced ideologically in its formation by the Islamic regime in Iran. It is a member of the Alliance of Palestinian Forces, which rejects the Oslo Accords and whose objective is the establishment of a sovereign Islamic Palestinian state. It calls for the military destruction of Israel and rejects a two-state solution. The organization's financial backing has historically come mainly from Syria and Hezbollah. Since 2014, PIJ has seen its power steadily increase with the backing of funds from Iran.The armed wing of PIJ is Al-Quds Brigades (also known as "Saraya"), also formed in 1981, which is active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with its main strongholds in the West Bank being the cities of Hebron and Jenin. Its operations have included suicide bombings, attacks on Israeli civilians, as well as the firing of rockets into Israel. PIJ has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.
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