ALGEMEINER
by Shiryn Ghermezian
June 27, 2014

Two weeks after three Israeli teens were kidnapped in the West Bank, Israel’s Embassy in New Zealand on Friday released an analysis of three kidnapper’s handbooks published by terror group Hamas that provide doctrinal and operational information on carrying out abductions.

The most recent manual was distributed in 2013, according to Dr. Adnan Abu Amer, a lecturer at the Al Ummah University Open Education and opinion writer for Palestine, the mouthpiece of the Hamas movement.

In an April 2013 article for Al Monitor in Arabic Abu Amer wrote that Hamas distributed an 18-page booklet entitled The Kidnapper’s Handbook among its Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. The manual details methods for conducting kidnapping operations. Its recommendations include learning Hebrew fluently, targeting Israeli soldiers with weak physiques and immediately replacing any vehicle used in an operation.

…..In his operative tips, Arman also claims that certain Israeli soldiers are more worthwhile to kidnap in order to increase the effectiveness of the abduction. According to Arman, desired characteristics to look for when abducting an Israeli soldier include Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, one who is married, is the father of children, and whose parents are alive……

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Following Abduction of Teens, Israel Embassy Releases Study on Hamas Kidnapping Handbooks