The hiding apartment exposed: the fatal mistake of the senior Islamic Jihad

Khaled Mansour, the commander of the organization's southern sector, sent aides and observers to find the best hiding place for him - but the Shin Bet and the IDF managed to locate him there as well, and eliminate him after 20 years of hunting

Amir Bohbot

08/08/2022

Monday, August 8, 2022, 3:51 p.m. Updated: 4:07 p.m.

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Documentation of the voices of the context during the elimination of the senior jihadist Khaled Mansour and the prevention of harm to uninvolved children (IDF spokesman)

Operation "Dawn" included successful targeted thwarting of Islamic Jihad officials.

They came into action after an intelligence alert was received by the Shin Bet about the organization's intentions to send two anti-tank squads to carry out attacks against civilians and the realization that they were headed for a conflict, despite efforts to calm the region through mediators from Qatar, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and UN officials.

In Israel they decided to prepare for a broad escalation And automatically, the names of the senior jihadists were raised for targeted threats. Some of the names disappeared from the radar of the intelligence agencies and moved to hiding places, others were fortified near civilians or sensitive facilities such as hospitals, mosques, or UNRA institutions.

Nevertheless, the response K. managed to uncover the hiding apartment of Taysir Jabari, the commander of the northern sector of the Jihad, and his assistant.

The targeted countering of the commander of the southern sector in Rafah, Khaled Mansour, was more complex.

"As soon as a senior wanted man like Khaled Mansour, the most senior figure in jihad after the assassination of Jabari, realizes that he is in the crosshairs, he also behaves accordingly as a senior wanted man," said security officials.

"He knows that they have been looking for him for more than 20 years and he is doing everything not to expose him. It's not just that he has a hiding apartment in Rafah. This is where he was born. He knows the area like the back of his hand. He has clear sympathy and support from the locals." .

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Arrived at the hideout apartment under security.

Khaled Mansour (photo: official website, Twitter)

From information that came to me, voila!

It turns out that while Mansour is hiding in the apartment, he sent assistants and observers to several other hiding apartments to check which one is the safest for fear that the Shin Bet and the IDF will expose him.

At the last moment he chose one of the apartments that he thought was safer, sent an advance force to secure the apartment and its surroundings and only then arrived at it under security.

He was accompanied by Rafat Zamela, his senior aide, and he met there with Ziad Madalel, the logistics officer of the southern sector of the organization and who was responsible, among other things, for the launch challenges and the weapons warehouses.

Upon Mansour's arrival at the apartment, the Shin Bet was able to track down the hiding place, and after hard work determined that it was the wanted man. The Shin Bet, together with the Air Force, the Operation Brigade of the Amn under the command of Brigadier General C, and the Operations Division, planned the The attack so that Mansour could not escape at the last moment, as happened several times in the last two decades, with as little damage to the environment as possible.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz approved the plan, the Prime Minister was updated on the details and the targeted countermeasures carried out by the Shin Bet headquarters ended with a stunning operational success.

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The ruins of the building where Mansour was hiding in Rafah, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

The security system is already analyzing the results of the operation.

Compared to the "Guardian of the Walls" operation in May of last year, the terrorists then went down into the tunnels that the Air Force was covering, in the current operation, the wanted officials chose to climb out of them and hide in the apartments.

Therefore, after the accuracy of the Shin Bet and the IDF in targeted countermeasures, the question arises as to what the wanted persons will do in preparation for the next operation to hide and defend themselves from assassinations.

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