2024-01-22 15:42:37
The State of Israel showed the press the terrorist tunnels built by Hamas under the city of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, where, apparently, they were holding some hostages.
The Israel Defense Forces, its 98th Division and special units located an underground tunnel in Khan Yunis, whose length, they indicate, is more than a kilometer and its depth is about 20 meters.
They detail that, in the tunnel, there was physical evidence that at some point no less than 20 hostages were held in precarious cells in inhumane conditions.
For example, clothing and drawings of five-year-old Emilia Aloni, released in November in an exchange, were found.
The cells had a precarious mattress, a bucket for needs, little air, lack of sunlight, and penetrating humidity.
Some freed hostages acknowledged having been there, according to the Israeli Embassy in Costa Rica.
“The tunnel is located in the heart of a civilian area in Khan Yunis, and the entrance is from the house of a commander of the Hamas terrorist organization. According to intelligence services estimates, millions of shekels were invested in its construction.
“This tunnel is part of a branching underground labyrinth, excavated by the terrorist organization Hamas, under the command of Khan Yunis,” they added.
After filming everything before the press, the army demolished the tunnel.
The Hamas Ministry of Health reported this Monday a new toll of at least 25,295 deaths in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, since the start of the war between the Palestinian Islamist movement and Israel, on October 7.
The balance includes 190 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the ministry.
The same institution also reported 63,000 injuries to date.
Additionally, on a French military ship off the coast of Egypt, wounded Palestinians receive medical care that has become unattainable in the besieged Gaza Strip after months of war.
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