Former Israeli Undercover Agent Breaks Down Tactics Used in Palestine | WSJ

A dramatic hostage rescue of four Israelis held captive by Hamas in Gaza on June 8 opened a window to a world of espionage. Footage seen by WSJ documents just how integral undercover teams are to Israel’s conflicts. These missions rely on weeks of intelligence gathering by a network of Palestinian informants and undercover Israeli agents.

WSJ sat down with former Israeli counterterrorism officer Shir Peled, who explains the work of the undercover fighters.

Chapters:
0:00 Undercover fighters
0:49 Background of covert operations in Israel
1:27 Essential skills
2:04 Hostage rescue
4:02 West Bank hospital raid
5:10 Protests
5:56 Future operations

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[gimgimlet]

dressing combatants as medical staff is a warcrime lol

[haider]

Saved a couple of hostages and 100 dead? Woww thanks for glorifying this wsj smh….

[TomNook.]

Women make the best spies. They can go to places that most men can't without suspicion. Especially if they pose as single mothers. Similar with the elderly

[stevenparker]

"Most moral army in the world"

[BBBrasil]

3:31 Next time don't hide kidnapped people in your neighbourhood, it prevents things like, dying.

[kestertroy]

"Free Palestine" protesters: hold Palestinian flags

Meanwhile in Palestine: US flags being burned.

[trollenz]

4:55 if you don't want to have Tsahal operating in a hospital, don't hide in an hospital...

[joramaris]

Where do these Israelis find the courage, internal fortitude & strength tonRISK their own LIVES to save & protect the lives of others? Amazing people!!!

[ropro]

What a f*cked up world we live in... 🥺

[spurrer]

Before you call them the aggressors or claim that they are committing war crimes, don't forget what led to this on October 7. Now that defeat is imminent, Hamas and its supporters are now crying.

[AwokenEntertainment]

The security footage of all the agents disguised as medics looks like something out of a movie..

[LeatherCladVegan]

At 1:53, without getting into politics or anything like it, that person is incredibly brave, using that moment of crowd confusion and fear (grenade going off) as a moment to act in the opposite direction and take out his target. It's quite remarkable.

[NakedSageAstrology]

Why can't we just share the planet and get along?

[anre]

Fauda was modeled after her

She looks and fits the part of Nuret in the film.

[om]

If you don't wanna
Don't start the war 🙏

[thewiredninja.exe_]

is it even legal for them to diguise as medics ?

[TreasaVeigas-qqjm]

When evil thrives, civilization dies. When civilization thrives, evil dies. This is the good God's world.

[paulacottrell]

How much did they pay to get this exclusive?

[KevinBasilMagnus-syrm]

THANKYOU FOR LOOKING AFTER US, SHALOM

[intheshellify]

You want a pat on the back for taking the lives of women and children???