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Chiefs of IDF and Shin Bet tour Hamas tunnel network under Khan Younis

By Emanuel Fabian 6 January 2024, 6:01 pm 1 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left), head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman (second from left), head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva (second from right), and head of the Shin Bet security agency Ronen Bar (right) tour a Hamas tunnel in Khan Younis, January 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left), head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman (second from left), head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva (second from right), and head of the Shin Bet security agency Ronen Bar (right) tour a Hamas tunnel in Khan Younis, January 5, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and the head of the Shin Bet security agency Ronen Bar toured a Hamas tunnel network under southern Gaza’s Khan Younis yesterday, the military announces.

Halevi and Bar were joined by the head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, and commander of the 98th Division, Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus.

The military believes Hamas’s leadership, including Yahya Sinwar, are hiding underground in the southern Gaza Strip.

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