In 2018, Israel carried out the 'Tropical Fruit' intelligence operation in Gaza to install spy devices and equipment, which were uncovered by Hamas. It said Hamas managed to exercise precise preparation for the Oct.
'Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif (top military commander) and Yahya Sinwar (chief in Gaza) were aware of the close surveillance by the Israeli intelligence community and used covert methods to communicate messages,' said the newspaper. 'Otherwise, they wouldn't have left the border unguarded, with no basic response from the ground or air.' 'No one understood this, not Aman (military intelligence), not the Shin Bet, nor the Mossad,' the Jerusalem Post quoted the unnamed official.
A senior Israeli security official said Friday that Hamas practiced what he called 'a perfect deception exercise' against Israel before its surprise attack on locations surrounding Gaza on Oct.
