© Cpl. Eden Briand, IDF Spokesperson's UnitIsraeli soldiers take part in "Lion of the Valley" training exercise, August 2017.
According to the Israeli military, the steamy selfie was, in fact, part of Operation Rebound, a joint effort between the IDF and the Shin Bet security service to take down a sophisticated 'catfishing' campaign by arch nemesis Hamas.
Apparently, it was the third such cyberattack by Hamas, who tricked horny IDF servicemen into downloading spyware onto their phones by posing as young Israeli women on social media, promising to send nudes.
The IDF does not believe Hamas gained any significant intelligence, though it admitted it will be checking the phones of all troops targeted as a precaution. The number of affected devices is reportedly in the "low hundreds."
However, the IDF's attempt at edgy social media posting backfired entirely as a quick-witted Twitter user twisted it in a clever cover-up quip that has racked up over 20,000 likes.
"Have you ever just logged into the wrong account and blamed it on Hamas," Maxi Gothling wrote.
Comment: The IDF's Twitter account is really just a platform for presenting wish-fulfillment fantasies and cheeky propaganda. The posts that aren't blatant lies still don't change the fact: the IDF is a lawless occupation force that kills babies, journalists, medics, and unarmed civilians for sport.