This was confirmed to be false by anonymous Israeli officials. Agree. I know from personal experience that this is patently false. Hamas was less penetrated as a fact.  I cannot comment on the tactical side beyond what currently exists on the web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2018_Gaza–Israel_clashes What I can add is that after this incident, the tempo of intelligence operations in Gaza has been drastically impacted. Things only a mentally unstable