Poison Wind (Jackson Chase Novella Book 3) by Black Connor

Author:Black, Connor [Black, Connor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

7

As we entered a planning room in one of the Shin Bet offices in Tel Aviv, Joe said hello to Anat and then did a double take.

“Ah, Good to see you again, Mohammed!”

I smiled and gestured down at my outfit. “They do good work. And it’s Khaled, not Mohammed.”

“The eyes make a difference.”

I nodded. “Believe me, I’d prefer to go in tactical gear with a weapon. But they insist that in the event I’m seen, it’s better to be in mufti.”

Joe nodded, and then his mouth tightened to a straighter line.

“We’re sending you in tonight. Take advantage of darkness.”

I nodded. “I guess the asset hasn’t made contact yet, so we’re doing this. Run me through the plan.”

He grabbed a couple of maps and a set of images, and directed us to a large table.

Uri Novgorod came to the table and said, “There are five ways to send you into Gaza. Simply going through the border crossing as a photographer, suited up as a Quick Reaction Force, stowaway on an aid truck, parachute, and tunnel.

“If you simply go across the border as a reporter or photographer, you’re escorted as soon as you arrive. Watched, at the very least. That and being part of a uniformed patrol are too high-profile to work.

“As for aid trucks, we don’t use them. They are for aid, and we send tons of food and supplies in there every day that the citizens really need. We don’t want to jeopardize that. Plus, Hamas intercepts a fair portion of the trucks to seize the food and provisions for themselves.”

“So we’re down to a jump or tunnel. I thought the tunnels were only used by Hamas.”

“Yes,” he said. “They are. And we destroy them as often as we can. But we’ve also made a few of our own, for just this sort of mission. I don’t think a jump would be a good idea.”

“Plenty of jumps under my belt, Uri,” I said.

He waved his hand dismissively. “I am sure. New Zealand SAS, right? It is not that. I have jumped there many times. It was a training exercise we’d do in the paratroopers—jump in and make our way out on our own. But tonight will be very clear, and the risk of being seen is too great.”

“So, tunnel it is, then.”

“Yes. We have one that terminates in a greenhouse a few kilometers from your destination.”

Novgorod opened a map showing the northern portion of Gaza.

“Our asset is Mahmoud Nasar. He works in a small shop below his house here.” He pointed to a spot in Gaza city, about two miles from the border. “Anat will brief you on contact procedures later. For now, Joe and I have been focused on infill and extraction.

“We have a tunnel here, just outside the border, that takes you to this greenhouse.” He drew a line with his finger from start to finish. “From there, you’ll make your way on the surface to Mahmoud’s. You should arrive late evening, around eleven, so being on the streets won’t be entirely out of place.

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