From the Liveblog of
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Hamas claims success in morning infiltration
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn keeping with its practice in recent days, Hamas is telling Gazans about military successes that never took place.
This morning’s attempted infiltration was headed off by the IDF, leading to the 13 Hamas fighters involved in the operation to attempt to flee back through the tunnel moments before the tunnel was bombed by Israel’s air force.
But according to reports quoting Gaza radio stations, Hamas is claiming the operation was a success and Hamas fighters managed to kill Israelis.
Palestinian radio in Gaza reporting that the cross-border tunnelers killed and wounded Israelis.
— Dan Williams (@DanWilliams) July 17, 2014
Hamas made similar false claims of success after its frogmen failed to get off the beach near Zikim in two separate attempted raids on the kibbutz before being killed by the IDF, and after the army shot down a Hamas drone over Ashdod.
The Times of Israel Community.