ISRAELI ARMY USED ADVANCED ROBOTS SUPPLIED BY MOSSAD FOR COMBAT IN GAZA TUNNELS

Israeli Army Used Advanced Robots Supplied by Mossad for Combat in Gaza Tunnels

According to The Intelligence Heritage Center periodical, which covers the Israeli national intelligence agency's operations in the war, the army was also equipped with advanced facial recognition kits designed to locate terrorists and hostages

May 02nd, 11AM May 02nd, 11AM

The Israeli army used advanced machinery for scanning and combat in Gaza's tunnels supplied by the Mossad, according to the national intelligence agency's periodical.

According to the article published in the Intelligence Heritage Center periodical Mabat Malam, "Mossad robots have entered in full force to assist the IDF in combat and some of them have even been taken into the underground spaces for complex scanning and combat missions, in which their operational capabilities were displayed at the highest level."

The article adds that the Mossad had also supplied facial recognition kits to locate Hamas combatants and Israeli hostages, who may be moved from place to place.

"The advanced AI-based facial recognition kits and platforms that the Mossad supplied scan the faces of passers-by at the Gaza crossings," states the article. "The scan enables the incrimination of hundreds of Hamas terrorists. They are captured, questioned, and provide ample intelligence that helps in the subsequent fighting."

The IDF Ground Forces Command, particularly the Combat Engineering Corps, has trained over recent years to tackle the challenge of Gaza's tunnels. Its elite units and their technological equipment for exploring tunnels have been expanded; the special units, including the military canine unit Oketz, have trained in underground spaces.

Special squads have been established to destroy the larger tunnels; other engineering forces have improved their underground capabilities and developed new explosives for combat in the tunnels.

According to foreign reports, during the war, the IDF has even undertaken a project called "Atlantis" to pump seawater into tunnels in the hope of flooding them.

The New York Times quoted in January senior Israeli defense officials who estimated that Hamas' tunnel network in the Gaza Strip spans about 700 km, belying intelligence estimates at the start of the war that the network was about 400 km long.

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