At the end of a kilometer-long mine-filled tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers discovered cells that once held about 20 hostages.
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesman, said on January 20 that they found an area with five cramped iron-barred cells, with toilets, mattresses and drawings belonging to a child hostage who was freed in November 2023.
Israel released images of a labyrinthine one-kilometer-long underground tunnel, saying it had taken journalists along to record data before destroying it.
Tunnel leading to the prison cell block in Khan Younis. Video: Reuters
The entrance to the tunnel was located in the home of a Hamas member in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, where Israel has been concentrating its forces in recent weeks. “The soldiers entered the tunnel where they encountered Hamas members, engaged them in a fight and ended up killing them,” Hagari said.
The tunnel was packed with explosives. "According to the testimony collected, about 20 hostages were held here at different times under harsh living conditions, with no sunlight, little oxygen and suffocating humidity," he continued.
Some of the hostages held there were released during a week-long ceasefire in November 2023. Others are among more than 130 hostages still in Gaza after being kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 during an attack on southern Israel. Tel Aviv says 112 are still alive.
Hong Hanh (According to Reuters )
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