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Hamas "Regrouping under Cover of Hostage Releases"
(Telegraph-UK) Melanie Swan - Hamas has been using hostage release operations to rebuild its forces and map territory within Gaza, Israeli sources say. The terror group is deploying more soldiers at each successive handover and conducting reconnaissance with drones that film the ceremonies. "Each time they're changing the location of the handover, so they're mapping Gaza, Rafah, Khan Yunis, Gaza Port, so they're building the intelligence," said Ronen Solomon, an Israeli intelligence analyst. The Israeli sources claimed that Hamas recruitment efforts had not been as successful as estimated by the U.S. State Department. Israel estimates that only a few hundred new, young and inexperienced recruits have been taken on. The quantity of equipment still held by Hamas is also coming to light, with each round of hostage releases showing more arms, including machine guns, anti-tank missiles and drones.