How Hamas Cyber Force hacked the Israeli army’s secretsCyber attacks were among the first tactics used by Hamas when it launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and started war with Israel. Called Cyber Force, it is part of Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades. Israel has described Cyber Force members as “shadow soldiers” and has assassinated some of its leaders. Emblem of the Hamas Cyber Weapon soldiers. A second attack was much larger, peaking at 1 million requests per second and lasted six minutes.