Hamas runs Stasi like internal security service, surveilling citizens, report

[DavidDvorkin]

Israeli intelligence officials provide documents showing force answering directly to Sinwar keeping files on some 10,000 Gazans, running network of informants, targeting any voices of dissent

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syltm6yxr

[erronis]

1. The title makes no sense without a missing hyphen "-"

Realize that this was copied from the ynetnews.com site.

It should be "Hamas runs Stasi-like internal security service..."

Otherwise parsing the sentence left-to-right, Hamas is running Stasi, like a internal security service...

[DavidDvorkin]

2. True, but I chose not to correct it

Force of habit from occasionally posting in LBN.

[erronis]

3. Yeah - I have trepidation when posting in LBN.

Get my little wrist slapped several times for not following the rules.

[LeftInTX]

4. NYT: Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians

JERUSALEM — Hamas leader Yehia Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in the Gaza Strip that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times.

The unit, known as the General Security Service, relied on a network of Gaza informants, some of whom reported their own neighbors to police. People landed in security files for attending protests or publicly criticizing Hamas. In some cases, the records suggest that authorities followed people to determine if they were carrying on romantic relationships outside marriage.

Hamas has long run an oppressive system of governance in Gaza, and many Palestinians there know that security officials watch them closely. But a 62-slide presentation on the activities of the General Security Service, delivered only weeks before the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, reveals the degree to which the largely unknown unit penetrated the lives of Palestinians.


The documents show that Hamas leaders, despite claiming to represent the people of Gaza, would not tolerate even a whiff of dissent. Security officials trailed journalists and people they suspected of immoral behavior. Agents got criticism removed from social media and discussed ways to defame political adversaries. Political protests were viewed as threats to be undermined.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/secret-hamas-files-show-spied-115810329.html?guccounter=1

Hamas targeted journalists. Confiscated camera of journalist who was photographing Hamas hitting people in aid lines.