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IDF Intelligence Unit's Calls with Gazans Reveal Dissent Against Hamas Rule
(Times of Israel) The IDF Military Intelligence Directorate's Unit 504, which specializes in human intelligence, has held 50,066 phone calls with Palestinians in Gaza, Israel's Channel 12 reported Saturday. The vast majority were aimed at urging Palestinians to evacuate to southern Gaza or to designated shelters and humanitarian zones during the war. A recording was aired of a Palestinian who said he wanted to evacuate south, but that Hamas gunmen were blocking the evacuation route, firing at the feet of those trying to flee. He provided the precise location of the Hamas gunmen, and the IDF used the information to carry out an airstrike on them in order to re-open the evacuation route. Another Gaza resident said it was not safe to publicly criticize Hamas. "If you think someone can say something against Hamas and then go out in the street afterward - they will destroy him. You don't understand what it's like in Gaza. They (Hamas) do whatever they want." In another call, a Palestinian relayed that Hamas was trying to use homes in his neighborhood to establish a line of defense against the IDF, but that the locals had chased the fighters away. One call featured a Palestinian named Munir who confirmed that Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid and that the terror group actually controls UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. "Wherever Hamas is located, they destroy everything. Hamas places its hand on everything. It has placed its hand on the UNRWA staff. Hamas are the senior leadership of UNRWA, and they're also in charge of the humanitarian organizations," Munir said.