____________________________________________ 4 IICC Perspectives "Our objective was to contact trapped civilians and emergency squad members near the border and collect information about what was happening in the communities, where the enemy was, where the fighting was. That was to help the division direct forces to the specific hotspots in the towns and IDF bases, so they wouldn't just sweep through areas blindly... "To generate that intelligence, we had to establish contact with local community residents. There's no established protocol for that, it was all improvised. We went online to the social networks, pulled phone lists for the emergency teams of regional councils and communities, and started making calls. I introduced myself as the intelligence officer of Division 162. They didn't know what Division 162 was, all they knew was the Gaza Division... "I explained the situation and asked for phone numbers. I started reaching out to security coordinators, regional leaders and members, emergency squad members, and civilians in the middle of brutal fighting. The people who answered their phones didn't understand who I was or what I wanted. They didn't trust anyone, they were afraid I might be from Hamas. "I had to convince them I didn't have a foreign accent, give them my serial number, explain where I was from in Israel, where I went to high school, my military background, and some still hesitated before giving any information. They wanted to verify things. They wanted to talk to the local security officer, who was in the middle of fighting and not always able to answer... and all the while, I'm listening to screams and gunfire through radios and phones..." Picture taken from a computer, that helped to identify "Nuhba" terrorist , who participated in the October 7th massacre. (source: IICC)
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