About four kilometers long50 meters deep: these are the dimensions of the largest Hamas tunnel that the Israeli Army has discovered within the Gaza Strip. Located less than half a kilometer of the Erez crossingon the border with Israel north of the Palestinian enclave, was one of the entrance doors of his militiamen to commit the brutal attack on October 7.
“They have been spent millions of dollars in this tunnel, hundreds of tons of cement and a lot of electricity. Instead of spending all that money, cement or electricity on hospitals, schools, households or other needs of the inhabitants of Gaza,” Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli Army, said inside the tunnel.
Over the weekend, Hagari showed a small group of media, including Efe, one of the exit mouths of the tunnel and several meters inside, where you can see the magnitude and solidity of this project, which took years to build, was hidden under sand and was one of the key pieces to perpetrate the attack on Israeli soil that left more than 1,200 dead and 240 kidnapped.
“This was until now the best kept secret of Yahya Sinwarbut we have discovered and revealed it,” said Hagari, referring to the head of the Islamist group Hamas within the Strip, and considered the Intelectual author of the October 7 attack, the largest massacre of civilians ever occurred in Israel and the largest massacre of jews since the Holocaust.
Israel claims that it was his brother, Mohamed Sinwarwho led and supervised the construction of this tunnel and showed journalists videos recorded by the group, found by the Israeli Army during its ground offensive in the enclave, in which he is seen in a vehicle circulating inside the tunnel, which which gives an idea of the magnitude of the project.
Leaflets about Gaza
Although they have not officially confirmed it, this week the Israeli aviation launched leaflets on the cities of Gaza and Khan Yunis – a stronghold of the Sinwar family -, in which they offered financial rewards to Gazans for offering information about the whereabouts of senior commanders of Hamas. Yahya Sinwar’s head was valued at $400,000, the amount highestwhile that of his brother, who commands the southern brigade of the al Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, is paid in 300,000.
Hagari promised “defeat” to Hamas and destroy all its tunnel infrastructurewhere they claim that their senior managersincluding the Sinwar brothers, although they probably also hold some of the 129 hostages who still have captives within the enclave, of which about twenty They are estimated to be dead.
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The newly revealed tunnel, inside which they found numerous weapons, is a nail piecee of Hamas’ extensive network of tunnels, equipped with reinforced concrete, electricity, ventilation, sewerage, communication networks and roads for vehicle traffic.
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