Hamas's plan to plant explosives near refugee camps to escape

The IDF spokesperson revealed an internal Hamas document from April 2024, detailing a plan to plant explosive devices around refugee camps in Gaza. The plan's goal: creating chaos and panic that would allow the organization's terrorists to escape as IDF forces approach, while endangering civilian lives.

The IDF spokesperson revealed today (Monday) an internal Hamas planning document from April 2024, detailing a plan to plant explosive devices near refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. According to the document, written by Hamas's engineering department, the goal is to create chaos and panic among the civilian population, which would serve as a smokescreen for the escape of the organization's senior officials and terrorists as IDF forces approach. The plan includes detonating the explosives when IDF forces approach the camps, with a clear risk to the lives of the displaced. Additionally, the document suggests planting explosives on routes and axes used by the Strip's residents, and firing sound bombs into the camps to create panic. The article presents the exposure as further evidence of Hamas's activity within a civilian population while using human shields.