""Your identities are fully known to our missile units, and every move you make is under our surveillance. Very soon, you will be targeted by our Shahed drones and Kheibar and Ghadeer missiles.""
""Handala's association with MOIS and not Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) suggests that the group is more of an intelligence and influence operation than a purely military one.""
""The targeting of US troops in Bahrain is the latest step in a campaign that started earlier this year with attacks against Israeli infrastructure and ramped up into direct clashes with US institutions and military personnel.""
Handala, an Iran-linked threat actor, targeted US troops in Bahrain through an influence campaign on WhatsApp, claiming the service members were under surveillance. The group published personal information of 2,379 US Marine Corps members and warned of imminent drone and missile attacks. Handala has been active since 2008, engaging in various activities linked to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. The group's operations focus on psychological damage and data collection rather than purely military disruption, marking a shift in tactics against US and Israeli targets.
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