A Hamas official on Tuesday accused Israel of again using animals to spy on its operatives in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian media quoted a spokesman for the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas military wing, claimed that the terrorist group has discovered a dolphin allegedly trained by the IDF to spy on Hamas' naval forces.
The suspected aquatic mammal was found to be equipped with a device, which was later shown in a video posted on Twitter.
Killer Zionist dolphins exist, according to a Hamas publication. Abu Hamza explains that a member of Hamas' Frogman unit who was killed by Israel during the May conflict found the killer dolphin. The device the alleged killer dolphin was wearing is shown in the publication. pic.twitter.com/gvAyynO3YT
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) January 10, 2022
Hamas did not provide any additional details on the dolphin, its whereabouts, or where it was allegedly spotted.
This is not the first time Hamas has asserted the existence of "killer Zionist dolphins."
In 2015, the terrorist group claimed that it discovered "a dolphin spy" that was "trained to kill" by the IDF.
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Israel has long been accused by its enemies of using animals for espionage or other military purposes. and zoological conspiracy theories involving Israel's alleged "animal army" pop up every few years online, typically on Arab social media.
Reports of "Zionist animal spies" surfaced in Egypt in 2010 involving sharks; in 2011 Saudi Arabia said it found a griffon vulture carrying an Israeli-labeled satellite tracking device; in 2012, Ankara accused Israel of training birds to spy on Turkish farmers; in 2013 the Lebanon-based Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah claimed to have captured Israeli spying eagles, and in 2018, Iran's ex-military chief said Israel sent lizards to spy on the country's nuclear program.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
