Security forces intervene and rescue civilians in the settlements surrounding Gaza / Israel Police spokeswoman
In an unusual reference, the IDF and the Shin Bet issued a joint statement today (Monday) after the uproar surrounding the announcement that 1,000 Israeli SIM cards were activated in Gaza on the night between October 6 and 7, and said that "the announcement is about 1,000 Israeli SIM cards that were activated at the same time at night October 7 - false and far from reality."
According to the IDF and the Shin Bet, in practice a number of tell-tale signs were received, which included, among other things, the flashing of "several dozens" of signs, which were lit in previous incidents in the past.
Accordingly, they said, the system was trained and intelligence and operative operations were carried out in the field.
As previously published, on the night of October 7th, indicative signs were received for which situation assessments were conducted and operative decisions were made accordingly.
The telltale signs are based on a variety of tools and capabilities, including technological tools whose mode and method of operation cannot be specified.
Gazan terrorists on top of an IDF tank cross from the Gaza Strip into Israel October 7, 2023/Flash 90, Abed Rahim Khatib
The security bodies criticized Channel 14, which published the details for the first time: "It is necessary to show responsibility and caution in publications, so that operational methods and capabilities are not harmed during wartime", and said that "all the events and the information available that night will be investigated as part of the investigations carried out by the Shin Bet and the IDF" .
The event was revealed earlier today, when Bwala!
It was announced that Major General Israel Ziv threatened to file a lawsuit against Channel 14 for "intentionally misleading advertising".
This, after during the "Riklin & Co." program, panel member attorney Yamit Yanai Melol claimed that on October 7th, at midnight, 1,000 Nochava terrorists inserted Israeli SIM cards into their mobile devices. According to Melol, Israel Ziv confirmed this at a conference about a month ago, And even claimed that the Chief of Staff knew about the incident, and that the political echelon was not informed.
This, as part of the attempts by the channel, which is known to be affiliated with Prime Minister Netanyahu, to show that the military echelon was aware of preliminary signs of the Hamas attack on the night of the attack, and that the political echelon was only informed after the attack began.
Scope of Attorney Yamit Yanai Malol on Channel 14 at Ricklin & Co.:
At 00:00 on October 7th, 1000 terrorists in Noach changed the SIM in their cell phone to an Israeli SIM.
The Chief of Staff received a report and did not forward it to the political level. @Riklin10 @Now14Israel pic.twitter.com/lE77Swhv3g
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In the broadcast, Malol and host Riklin wondered how this publication was not being investigated, while at the same time "we are dealing with Brigadier General Barak Hiram, who ordered to fire or not to fire a shell at a house in Bari where hostages were being held."
Major General Yisrael Ziv/Official website, screenshot from News 12
Ziv sent a letter through his lawyer to the channel's CEO, moderator Riklin and attorney Malol, in which he demanded that the channel publish an unequivocal clarification.
"This statement is untrue to say the least, and attributes to Amira's clients regarding informing the Chief of Staff or the political echelon of the event of the roaming and entry of mobile phone signals of the Nohva terrorists into the Israeli network, when the facts are completely different," the letter sent on behalf of Ziv reads. Because my client never referred to the information of the Chief of Staff or the information of the political echelon, and hence the statement attributed to him lacks any basis is incorrect and misleading. This is a publication that is characterized by an extremely untrue description within the program, which does an injustice to my client by attributing to him a statement that was not made at all, and relies on a statement that was not It was said about the transfer of information, with the intention of attributing information to the Chief of Staff, and all this while this allegation for the transfer of information did not happen and was not in the knowledge of my client and was not said anyway."
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