{"id":23894,"date":"2025-05-21T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23894"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:32:01","slug":"israel-taking-action-on-intelligence-passed-from-iran-to-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israel-taking-action-on-intelligence-passed-from-iran-to-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Taking Action on Intelligence Passed to Hamas from Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Defense Israel Katz visited the Israeli Navy base in Ashdod today (Wednesday), where he toured the facility with Navy Commander Vice Admiral David Saar Salama, Ashdod Base Commander Colonel A., and other senior officers active in the southern combat zone.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the minister sailed off the coast of the Gaza Strip and received an operational briefing on the activities of the naval forces in the area, including those of the 916th Patrol Squadron. He praised the soldiers for their unique contribution to the war effort \u2013 from enforcing the naval blockade to executing precision strikes on Hamas targets.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d9\u05e0\u05df, \u05de\u05e9\u05e8\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05d8\u05d7\u05d5\u05df\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gvsqgy_NvI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/reganews.co.il\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHamas must be decisively defeated\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nIn his remarks, Katz warned of Hamas\u2019s ongoing covert intelligence operations:<br \/>\n\u201cEverything Hamas is doing right now involves monitoring and updating target data in communities near the border, using sources such as the Iranians and others who provide them with intelligence,\u201d he said. He emphasized that Hamas continues to plan for its next campaign \u2013 which is why, he stressed, the organization must be decisively defeated.<\/p>\n<p>Katz added that Operation \u201cGideon\u2019s Chariots\u201d is progressing with full force, with a dual objective: securing the release of the hostages and defeating Hamas.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is no entity that cannot be overcome,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Defense visited the Israeli Navy base in Ashdod and warned of Hamas\u2019s ongoing intelligence activity targeting Gaza border communities through external actors, including Iran \u2013 and emphasized the need for Hamas to be decisively defeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6,65],"tags":[1476,1477,3918,1475,5897,1539,1480,1765,2919,5173,1528,2671,5143],"class_list":["post-23894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","category-world","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-hostage-crisis","tag-idf","tag-intelligence-gathering","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-israel-katz","tag-israeli-navy","tag-operation-gideons-chariots","tag-shin-bet","tag-southern-command","tag-war-on-terror"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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