The more days pass, the more new details are discovered about it Hamas he was preparing the attack on Israel. Interrogations of militiamen and on-site discoveries by IDF soldiers allow the reconstruction of a clearer picture than last month. To prepare for the attack, the fighters used wooden copies of the border wall with Israel. Just as they used reconstructed copies of Israeli armored vehicles. To increase the potential for rocket attacks, Hamas has also installed several launch pads on the ground.
The copies used by Hamas for training
What made a big impression on the Israeli security forces, who were caught unprepared by the events, is the extreme precision with which Hamas struck in the attacks October 7th. A precision that can only be explained with sufficient knowledge of the targets to be hit. It is therefore not surprising to discover a reality in some bases of the Islamist organization Copies of the surrounding wall that separates the Gaza Strip from the Jewish state.
These are wooden reconstructions of border structures used by fighters in the training phase. In several photos shown by the IDF, very tall piles of wood can be seen arranged to form an exact reconstruction of the barriers. Using these copies, the militia members were then able to prepare the attack in detail. When they reached the real border walls on October 7, all fighters knew what to do and where to carry out their actions.
The wooden walls were discovered in areas north of Gaza that had been in the hands of Israeli forces for several days. However, traces of the copies also emerged during police interrogations of the arrested Hamas fighters. As Corriere della Sera describes, there is also a faithful reconstruction of one in a photo released by the authorities of the Jewish state Israeli tank. A reproduction probably also made of wood. A circumstance that would also explain why, both on October 7 and during operations inside the Gaza Strip, several Hamas members managed with extreme precision to disable some of the attacked armored vehicles.
The holes in the ground from which the rockets launch
Rudimentary therefore functions far removed from the technological tools that armies and fighting groups can use in other regions of the planet. However, this does not make them any less effective. On the contrary, Hamas was able to prepare its attacks thanks to simple reproductions and reconstructions of enemy structures or vehicles.
The equipment used to increase the firepower of their forces also appears rudimentary but effective Missile facilities. The terror group has often used rocket fire against Israel as a political weapon to keep the armed forces under pressure. For this reason, it needs to strengthen its foundations. The IDF soldiers, as they advanced into the Gaza Strip, photographed several holes drilled into the ground in various areas near Gaza.
These holes hide Hamas’s methods of firing as many rockets as possible and “saving” artillery positions from Israeli attacks. Hiding the launch pads in the ground makes them harder to identify and easier to use. In fact, the rocket batteries are procured in agricultural fields or in the alleys of some residential areas. To activate it, all you have to do is arrive with two or more militiamen on foot or on a motorcycle, fire the rockets, and then immediately disappear. This explains why Hamas is still able to fire rockets today despite Israeli attacks. The Strip is littered with hidden and difficult to track locations.