The Israeli Army announced that it recently found a long tunnel in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, where it claimed that Israeli captives were held at the hands of Hamas, and today released images of the underground network, which it ended up destroying.
“The soldiers of the 98th Division operated in an underground tunnel in Khan Yunis, where hostages had been found” and which had “a length of 830 meters and 20 meters deep,” a military spokesman said in a statement, as the offensive continues. of the Army in the Palestinian enclave on the 107th day of war.
According to him, access to the tunnel “was full of explosive traps and inside there were many obstacles, explosives, sliding doors and armored doors.”
When the soldiers advanced through the tunnel “they encountered several terrorists”, whom they confronted and “eliminated”, while the hostages had already been transferred to another location.
In addition, the Army detailed that in the underground network there was “a central room, where hostages were kept, as well as five cells with bars”, the points where the troops “located findings that indicated that there were hostages, intelligence information and traps. the terrorist organization Hamas”.
“According to testimonies, there were about 20 hostages in the tunnel at various times,” among whom some have already been released and others are still being held in Gaza, the military spokesman said.
According to him, the underground network – which made up a branched network – was “in the heart of a civilian area in Khan Yunis”, where the Army continues to operate on the ground.
Likewise, “the access to the tunnel was located in the residence of a Hamas terrorist,” according to “the Intelligence services invested millions in its construction,” and after inspection by the troops, they destroyed the infrastructure, the Army added. .
