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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/22/hamas-booby-traps-gaza/
Hamas Tactics in the Gaza War: Deception, Ambushes and Booby Traps
(Washington Post) William Booth - As the conflict rages in Gaza, Hamas tactics have included deception, surprise, and ambush. In recent days, IDF soldiers have been hearing recordings of weeping and people speaking Hebrew, intended to lure them into a deadly trap. Hamas fighters dart from building to building in civilian clothes, the IDF says, and attempt to ensnare Israeli soldiers with booby traps and lures. Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, said the deceptions "are designed to entice the army to enter areas that Hamas prepared in advance as kill zones." Ron Ben-Yishai, a veteran national security commentator for Yediot Ahronot, entered Gaza recently with the IDF and described a children's room: "The bombs were hanging in sandbags on the walls to explode at the head level of the soldiers. With the crying of children and all these gimmicks, the goal is to lure the IDF forces into traps. They lay bait to bring the forces to the area where explosives are placed in a circuit and connected to each other. And it did happen. They managed to hit soldiers like that."