The war between Hamas and Israeli forces has a strong presence in the field of technology. Both armies use sophisticated methods with the latest hardware and software in the arms industry, both to defend themselves and to carry out attacks.
In recent days it has been seen how Hamas forces have managed to carry out attacks onthe powerful Merkava tanks, who are heading towards the Gaza Strip in an impressive land advance. The Palestinian group has managed to dismantle some of these monstrous machines using drones that go unnoticed by the Israeli army.
They have done the same with some of the defenses of the Iron Domewhich they have managed to circumvent with this simple, but advanced and ingenious method that they apply to their drones through a simple hack.
According to a review of The reason, Hamas tech experts found a way to manipulate the “Return to Home” RTH of their drones. It is a safety feature that allows a drone to automatically return to its take-off point in the event of signal loss, low battery, or other emergencies.
Eliminating that function is part of the key to keeping drones — which subsequently drop bombs on Israeli tanks or checkpoints — unnoticed by the Israeli military.
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The key, according to the investigation of the aforementioned site, is that Hamas soldiers determined another different RTH point. Thus, when it returns, interference is avoided and, above all, it is prevented from connecting with other sources of information.
However, for expert Dmitri Alperovitch, from Silverado Policy Accelerator, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving geopolitical challenges and specialized in cybersecurity, the most impressive thing has been the information capacity that Hamas has had.
“When we look at what Hamas has done, there are still many things that we obviously don’t know, but the things that have come to light indicate that they have absolutely exquisite intelligence about the location of secret Israeli bases in their territories. They knew exactly where to gowhere were the critical communications nodes that they could destroy with drones,” he said.