But I think that Israel fooled them into reporting they was invading to get them into the tunnels.
Israel's deadly deception: IDF TRICKED Hamas into believing a ground invasion was underway... then obliterated tunnel network knowing militants would be hiding underground waiting to ambush tanks.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) exaggerated the degree of its incursion into the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, in order to draw Hamas fighters into their underground tunnel network before the Israeli Air Force (IAF) could bomb them, a new report says.
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https://nypost.com/2021/05/14/how-one-idf-tweet-led-to-false-reports-of-gaza-ground-attack/
A misleading statement tweeted by the Israel Defense Forces on Thursday night appears to have been a decoy intended to lure Hamas troops into strategic tunnels that were later bombarded by the Israeli army.
The IDF tweet gave the impression that troops had entered Gaza, leading global media outlets to report about a ground incursion, and Hamas and Islamic Jihad, seeing those reports, sent their first line of defense into the tunnels to start taking up positions, the Jerusalem Post reported.
“IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip,” the tweet in English read, leading many outlets to believe ground troops were operating in the enclave.
When the IDF fired off its tweet, major media outlets jumped all over it, assuming it meant that Israel was sending ground forces into the enclave in a major escalation.
“Israeli troops have entered the Gaza Strip as conflict with Palestinians escalates, Israeli military says,” the Washington Post said in a tweet shortly after the IDF posted its tweet.
Following the international media reports about an incursion, Hamas and Islamic Jihad sent militants armed with anti-tank missiles and mortars into the tunnels to prepare for a ground invasion that never came, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Once they emerged from the tunnels, they were exposed to the swarm of Israeli jets that launched the massive attack, according to the newspaper, which noted that the number of terrorists killed was still unclear.
But what was actually happening, according to the Jerusalem Post, was in the air — with 160 jets unleashing a massive bombardment of tunnels that the IDF dubbed Hamas’ “Metro,” where they store weapons and equipment.
Aren't they evicting palestinians?
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