Posted on 06/08/25
| News Source: JPost
The IDF on Sunday revealed intelligence documents showing that the "Spokesperson for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip," who has been the primary source for hundreds of false statements by media outlets worldwide, is not merely under the influence of Hamas, but is an actual Hamas agent.
Throughout the current war, the IDF has recommended that media outlets be wary of reports and casualty statistics provided by Mahmoud Zabar Tafesh Bassal and his team at the "civil defense" for Gaza based on the idea that almost any official institution in Gaza was under Hamas's influence, given that the terror group was ready to kill or mame anyone who did not toe its line on public relations messages.
However, on Sunday, the IDF revealed an analysis of actual intelligence documents found during its invasion of Gaza, which show that Bassal is an active terrorist within Hamas.
The three intelligence documents disclosed by the IDF all mention Bassal by name, though in different contexts.
In one document, he is referred to as working as a cell head in Hamas intelligence for the "Fifth Brigade: Eye of Goliath." In another document, he is referred to as a "keeper of the order", and in a third as a deputy platoon commander.