How Hamas Lost Its Own Security Chief

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Sep 3, 2026 · 23m

In a daring raid, Israeli forces captured Moain al-Arabid — the man responsible for Hamas's internal security — just 250 meters from his own headquarters. This episode explores the paradox of Hamas's counterintelligence apparatus: a brutal, sophisticated system that suppresses dissent and runs double-agent operations, yet couldn't protect its own chief. We trace the evolution from al-Majd in 1986 to today's three parallel security bodies, examine how repression generates the very vulnerabilities it tries to eliminate, and ask what the capture reveals about asymmetric intelligence warfare…