Tinker Tailor Soldier Flipper: Hamas Captures Alleged Israeli Dolphin Spy
But what shall we name it?
August 19, 2015
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Hamas has apparently got its military bases covered, especially the underground, and even, it seems, the Mediterranean Sea. On Wednesday, The Times of Israel reported on a story broadcast on Israeli Army Radio, in which a Dolphin, armed with “‘spying equipment,’ including cameras,” was captured by the Jihadist terrorist group’s navy weeks ago off the Gaza coast:
The Israeli Navy maintains a fleet of Dolphin class submarines. But the Army Radio report made clear that Hamas was talking about a mammal, not a boat.
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Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.