The Israel Defense Forces releases video showing the inside of a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis where Israeli hostages were held by Hamas.
The military says the tunnel is approximately 830 meters in length (half a mile), and was dug 20 meters (66 feet) below the ground.
There was a central space as well as five barred cells.
The IDF says that troops fought a number of gunmen when they entered the tunnel, but there were no longer any hostages there.
The entrance to the tunnel was from inside the home of a Hamas terrorist, the military says.
Last night, the military revealed that troops had recently uncovered the tunnel where the hostages were held “in harsh and inhumane conditions.” Among the objects found in the tunnel were drawings by five-year-old Emilia Aloni, who was freed in November during a temporary ceasefire.
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