The Israeli military says it has found a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, parts of which served as a dungeon for people abducted from Israel. “From what we know, 20 hostages are being held inside in stuffy air with little oxygen and terrible humidity that makes breathing difficult,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a news conference on Saturday evening.
The tunnel was discovered under the house of a Hamas terrorist in Khan Yunis. Israeli soldiers arrived at the dungeon site after walking about one kilometer along an underground passage at a depth of 20 meters. The hostages were there at different times, and some of them have since been released through an exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Hagari presented photos of the underground facility where the hostages were said to have been held. He also showed images of children's drawings said to have been made by a five-year-old girl who was among the hostages released at the end of November. The army's top priority is to free the other 136 hostages who are still held by Hamas. “The effort is supported by technical means, special forces and intelligence information that we are constantly optimizing,” Hagari said.
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