TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘The enemy teaches us how to operate’
T2 - Palestinian Hamas use of open source intelligence (OSINT) in its intelligence warfare against Israel (1987-2012)
AU - Flamer, Netanel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This article explores a new aspect of Hamas’s exploitation of the media: open source intelligence (OSINT). Based mostly on primary sources from within Hamas, the article describes how, through OSINT, Hamas has obtained valuable information for its operations and has successfully learned about various military and civilian aspects of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces in a readily available, simple, and inexpensive manner. The article goes on to analyze the pitfalls for Hamas of relying exclusively on OSINT within its strategic assessment efforts. This analysis sheds new light on the academic literature regarding intelligence of violent non-state actors and asymmetric warfare.
AB - This article explores a new aspect of Hamas’s exploitation of the media: open source intelligence (OSINT). Based mostly on primary sources from within Hamas, the article describes how, through OSINT, Hamas has obtained valuable information for its operations and has successfully learned about various military and civilian aspects of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces in a readily available, simple, and inexpensive manner. The article goes on to analyze the pitfalls for Hamas of relying exclusively on OSINT within its strategic assessment efforts. This analysis sheds new light on the academic literature regarding intelligence of violent non-state actors and asymmetric warfare.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85159431459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02684527.2023.2212556
DO - 10.1080/02684527.2023.2212556
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AN - SCOPUS:85159431459
SN - 0268-4527
VL - 38
SP - 1171
EP - 1188
JO - Intelligence and National Security
JF - Intelligence and National Security
IS - 7
ER -