Hamas Terrorists Are Now Soldiers, Say Reservists

(IsraelNN.com) IDF reservists who have just returned from a tour of duty in Gaza say that Hamas terrorists are clearly using new skills they acquired at Hizbullah and Iranian advanced terror training camps this past year. "The fingerprints of Iran and Hizbullah are all over it," confirmed a veteran intelligence officer. "The Palestinians never looked like this."

An officer with a paratroop unit told Haaretz, "The people we killed weren't terrorists, they were soldiers. In a direct confrontation, the IDF [still] has superiority over them, but in all parameters – training, equipment quality, operational discipline – we are facing an army, not gangs," he said.

The patrol company, which returned last week from a month's duty, killed four Hamas terrorists. IDF soldier Sgt.-Major (res.) Ehud Efrati died in the clashes.