The four were in charge of providing intelligence information on October 7, when IDF intelligence failed to anticipate Hamas’s invasion.
Similar operations were used in Arabic to target those affiliated with Syria and Hezbollah intelligence and security agencies.
The incoming head of the intelligence directorate urged an investigation into the failures of October 7.
The call that urged Shukr to move to the seventh floor likely came from an individual who had infiltrated Hezbollah’s communications network.
Both visits by the Defense Minister and the Head of the Intelligence Directorate come amid continuous tensions between Israel, Iran, and Iran's proxy militias.
The IDF's oldest spy satellite recently went out of service after 22 years and burned up in the atmosphere. Ofek-5, launched on May 28, 2002, was one of Israel's first operational imaging satellites.
To guard against Israeli spying, Hezbollah has taken many precautions with Lebanon's residents, as well as members of its organization.
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