America Gave Israel Highly-Classified Technology After Hamas Attack: REPORT

America reportedly gave Israel highly-classified technology to assist in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

Israel has been battling Hamas since the October 7th terrorist attack that left roughly 1,200 Israelis dead. The urban fighting has been brutal and incredibly costly. Urban combat is arguably the worst kind of combat soldiers can find themselves in. There are countless problems that exist, especially if the terrain is rubble.

It turns out that the issues presented by the terrain and setting of Gaza made hostage rescue operations unbelievably difficult, according to some incredible reporting from Jack Murphy.

Murphy explained the following a recent podcast episode from "The Team House":

"After the October 7th attack happened, we deployed a large JSOC task force to the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean off the coast to stage for contingency operations, largely potentially hostage rescue operations in Gaza itself. and this turned into a huge, huge deal for JSOC. Multiple, multiple planning cells working on this problem. And I mean it really was a problem. They were trying to figure out how to get in there, get these hostages and get out. And getting out turned out to be the biggest hiccup because Gaza is essentially a fortress. Then, you're dealing with all the rubble. How do you get helicopters in there? How do you get operators in there without having birds shot out of the sky? The planning process evolved into them using everything. There were going to be helicopters flying off of aircraft carriers. There were going to be guys coming in on boats. There were going to be non-standard vehicles being used, as well as military vehicles being used."

It sounds like there were definitely concerns about a potential "Black Hawk Down" scenario, and I can promise those concerns were justified.  Losing a helicopter or multiple helicopters would have immediately resulted in any rescue mission pivoting to securing the crash sites, just like in Mogadishu in 1993.

Israel continues to battle Hamas in Gaza following a horrific terrorist attack. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

America reportedly gave Israel secret technology.

Murphy also noted there were an incredible amount of drones over Gaza, but the most interesting piece of information was about highly-classified technology capable of seeing through concrete in order to presumably locate the hostages.

"I was able to talk to some folks and hear a little bit about the technologies that are brought to bear. We have stuff that can see through concrete to a certain depth. I won't say what depth it is but to see through concrete, see underground...There's other technologies we gave to the Israelis to use on the ground...These are definitely highly-classified systems that we've never shared with any foreign partner ever. This is the most cutting-edge stuff we have, and we lent it to the Israelis to enable them to gather intelligence on the ground," Murphy explained.

You can watch his full comments starting around the 15:00 minute mark, and let me know what you think at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

All around, absolutely incredible reporting from Murphy. There were plenty of whispers in the JSOC community about operators staging in the region to attempt rescue operations for American citizens being held, but no operation was ever launched.

Now, Murphy's reporting seems to paint a picture of why that is the case. It's not the movies. Attempting hostage rescue operations in urban terrain that has been turned to rubble would be the most difficult rescue operation in American military history, and several operators would almost certainly have been killed. That's just the reality of the situation. Again, go read about the Battle of Mogadishu if you need a real life example.

As for the highly-classified tech, it always amazes me what the United States has in our arsenal. I had no idea tech existed to just see through concrete, and I'd love to know what other tools we gave the Israelis to help hunt the terrorists.

Let's hope all the hostages are eventually released and the terrorists responsible are brought to justice. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.