This speaks for itself.
GAZA, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Fatah-allied Palestinian militants have said they are using the Google Earth program to help plan attacks on the Israeli military and other targets.
Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade said the Internet-based mapping tool is used to help find targets for rocket attacks, The Guardian reported Thursday.
"We obtain the details from Google Earth and check them against our maps of the city center and sensitive areas," said Khaled Jaabari, also known as Abu Walid, commander of the group in Gaza.
Google released a statement in response to questions about the program's use by the al-Aqsa militants, saying it was aware of potential problems.
Not to dwell on the obvious, but these were "Fatah-allied Palestinian militants" talking -- not Hamas.
Update (from the JPost):
Google Earth recently released updated images of Israel, sparking debate over security. While the company said it would be "happy" to address any concerns Israel might have, Professor Gerald Steinberg, chairman of the political science department at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, discounted the images' importance.
'They are not real-time pictures, and they were not taken yesterday. I don't think this is a major change in security,' he said.
