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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Unit 504

Members of a family sit together in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
December 25, 2023, 10:38 pm
IDF intel unit’s calls with Gazans reveal cracks of dissent against Hamas rule
With over 50,000 calls to Palestinians in Strip, Unit 504 helped urge many to evacuate south, while also securing intel on Hamas — sometimes from Hamas men themselves
By ToI Staff
Footage released by the IDF on November 20, 2023, of an interrogation of a Gazan terror suspect by the Shin Bet security service. (Screen capture/IDF)
November 20, 2023, 7:49 pm
IDF: Some 300 Gaza detainees questioned, give vital details on Hamas bases in hospitals
Military says suspects being interrogated at new facility in southern Israel; other Gazans in unprecedented numbers said willingly providing intel on Hamas activities
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Inshirah and Ibrahim Shahin, Egyptians who served as spies for Israel along with their children in the 1960s and 1970s. (Channel 12 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 26, 2023, 5:34 am
New documentary follows Israeli who discovers family’s past as Egyptian spies
The Shahins were recruited by IDF after Six Day War for espionage; after execution of father, children and mother fled to Israel, changed name to Ben-David, converted to Judaism
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi awards the commander of Unit 504 with an official commendation in March 2018. For security reasons, the commander's identity is classified. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 31, 2020, 10:55 am
Top intel officers fired, jailed for sending Palestinian agent on tehina errand
In strange case, two commanders of IDF human intelligence unit harshly punished for ordering unnecessary missions to provide sesame paste to general
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative image of a spy. (cyano66; iStock by Getty Images)
September 12, 2019, 10:28 am
Top Arab official has been unknowingly spying for Israel for 5 years — report
IDF’s human intel unit unveils one of Jewish state’s most important assets in an unspecified Arab state, a spy known as ‘Torpedo,’ including details of his remarkable recruitment
By Michael Bachner
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