Israeli military admits to making a 'mistake' in launching secretive propaganda operation targeting Israeli citizens in which keyboard warriors were deployed to praise military's aggression on besieged Gaza
Israeli military acknowledges it made a"mistake" in launching secretive influence campaign in an abortive attempt to improve Israeli public's view of army's performance in the war.
The Israeli military acknowledged on Wednesday that it made a "mistake" in launching the secretive influence campaign on social media in an effort to improve the Israeli public's view of Israel's performance in the war. Experts say that although the Israeli military has frequently employed inauthentic social media accounts to gather intelligence on Arab states and on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, this marks the first known time that a military influence campaign has targeted Israeli citizens.
The accounts posted and amplified footage and images of destruction in Gaza with the Hebrew hashtag "Gaza Regrets" — boasting about the strength of Israel's military in a bid to counter viral images showing salvos of Palestinian rockets bombarding Tel Aviv. "It shows the army's frame of mind that it wants to reassure young people and get them pumped up for war," Kol said.
"In retrospect, it was found that the use of these accounts was a mistake," the military said, saying it has not employed the tactic since the war.
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