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The Israeli Army announced that it recently found a long tunnel in Jan Yunisin the south of Linkwhere he assured that Israeli captives were kept in the hands of Hamasand today released images of the underground network, which it ended up destroying.
“Soldiers from the 98th Division operated in an underground tunnel in Jan Yuniswhere hostages were found” and he had “a length of 830 meters and 20 meters deep“, said a military spokesman in a statement, as the Army offensive continues in the Palestinian enclave on the 107th day of war.
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According to him, access to the tunnel “It was full of explosive traps and inside there were many obstacles, explosives, sliding doors and armored doors.”.
When the soldiers advanced through the tunnelseveral terrorists were found“, with those who faced and those who”they eliminated”, while the hostages had already been transferred to another location.
Furthermore, the Army detailed that in the underground network there were “a central room, where hostages were held, as well as five barred cells“, the points where the troops”They located discoveries that indicated the existence of hostages, intelligence information and traps of the terrorist organization. Hamas”.
“According to testimony, there were around 20 hostages in the tunnel at various times.”, among whom some have already been released and others are still detained in Linkspecified the military spokesman.
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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.
Furthermore, “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.
Source: Elcomercio
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