Hamas utilized over 6,000 tons of concrete and 1,800 tons of steel to construct an extensive network of tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip, as revealed by new intelligence shared by the IDF on Thursday. The military also presented video footage of a tunnel in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, where it suspects hostages were once held by the terrorist group.
According to the IDF, the information gathered from troops in Gaza and the investigation of numerous underground passages suggests that Hamas invested tens of millions of dollars in its tunnel project. The military emphasized that Hamas chose to allocate these substantial resources to develop a terror infrastructure, aiming to harm Israeli citizens and IDF forces, all while cynically exploiting the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
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The tunnel seen in the footage released by the IDF on Thursday was located by the Commando Brigade, the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit and other special forces, and connects to a wide underground network.
“After investigating the tunnel, it can be said that there were Israeli hostages in it,” the IDF said.
It is believed that 132 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza — not all of them alive — after 105 civilians were released from Hamas captivity during the late November truce. Four hostages were released prior to that, and one was rescued by troops. The bodies of eight hostages have also been recovered and three hostages were mistakenly killed by the military. The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed the deaths of 25 of those still held by Hamas, citing new intelligence and findings obtained by troops operating in Gaza.