By Killing Abu Obeida, Israel Scored a Victory in the Information War

Hudhayfa al-Kahlut, known by the nom de guerre Abu Obeida, began his career as a public representative of Hamas in 2002, during the second intifada, and two years later became the group’s chief military spokesman. While his death at Israel’s hands may seem like a merely symbolic achievement, it in fact has real strategic significance. According to a recent report from Israel’s Army Radio, summarized by the Times of Israel, Abu Obeida created and directed a network of propagandists that