''This is how I was supposed to shoot down a helicopter in Gaza': Hamas terrorist who infiltrated by swimming reveals

July 30, 2020   

About a month ago, Hamas terrorist Izz al-Din Hussein, a 24-year-old resident of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, infiltrated Israel by swimming. Don't be a sucker: You may be entitled to a lot of money from National Insurance. During his interrogation by the Shin Bet, he said that he infiltrated Israel of his own free will - due to personal difficulties on a family level and after persecution and slander by senior Hamas officials. His secret: Earn a prestigious degree without preparatory school and without prerequisites • Want one too? Immediately after crossing the sea barrier, Hussein was arrested by IDF forces and transferred to the General Security Service for interrogation. His interrogation revealed that in 2013 he was recruited into the military wing of Hamas, and from 2018 until his arrest, he operated in Hamas's air defense system, among other things, in a command position as head of a shoulder-fired missile squad. As part of this role, he kept an anti-aircraft missile at home and was instructed to launch it at an Israeli helicopter, whenever it landed near his home in Gaza, for the purpose of killing or kidnapping Israeli soldiers. As part of his activity in Hamas, Hussein took part in various training and military activities against the State of Israel. Thus, as part of his service in the Hamas air defense system, Hussein learned about Israeli Air Force aircraft and their functions, anti-aircraft missiles, and binoculars and cameras for observing the movement of Israeli aircraft in the skies over Gaza. Hussein's activity in Hamas and the extensive knowledge he acquired in this framework led to a unique investigation that revealed a great deal of intelligence about the Hamas organization for the Shin Bet. Upon completion of the investigation, the Southern District Attorney's Office filed an indictment today (Thursday) with the Beersheba District Court, attributing serious security offenses to Hussein.