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'A Gaza War Full of Traps and Trickery'

This is the single most fascinating article to come out of the Gaza war, by far. A sample: Israeli intelligence officers are telephoning Gazans and, in good Arabic, pretending to be sympathetic Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians or Libyans… After expressing horror at the Israeli war and asking about the family, the callers ask about local conditions, […]

This is the single most fascinating article to come out of the Gaza war, by far. A sample:

Israeli intelligence officers are telephoning Gazans and, in good
Arabic, pretending to be sympathetic Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians or
Libyans... After expressing horror at the Israeli war and asking about the family, the callers ask about local conditions, whether the family supports Hamas and if there are fighters in the building or the neighborhood.

*Karim Abu Shaban,
21, of Gaza City said he and his neighbors all had gotten such calls.
His first caller had an Egyptian accent. “Oh, God help you, God be with you,” the caller began...
*

[T]hen the questions started. The next call came in five minutes later. That caller had an Algerian accent and asked if he had reached
Gaza. Mr. Shaban said he answered, “No, Tel Aviv,” and hung up.

What are you waiting for? Go read it, already.

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