IDF says files from tunnel where Muhammad Sinwar killed show IRGC backing for Hamas amid Gaza war

The IDF publishes intelligence documents it says were found in a Hamas tunnel that run underneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza — where the terror group’s leader Muhammad Sinwar was killed in a strike — revealing how IRGC official Saeed Izadi was working to arm and fund Hamas during the war, on behalf of the Iranian regime.

“Our forces discovered documents clearly indicating that in recent months, the leadership of Hamas’s military wing continued its ties with Saeed Izadi, its Iranian patron who was eliminated overnight,” the IDF says.

Izadi was the IRGC Quds Force’s Palestine Corps chief and was killed in an Israeli strike in western Iran overnight.

“The documents now being released show correspondence between Muhammad Sinwar and Saeed Izadi, detailing the “Tufan (Deluge) 1” plan, under which Izadi advanced the transfer of weapons to Hamas valued at approximately $21 million, and his intention to advance the “Tufan 2″ plan, for the transfer of weapons valued at approximately $25 million,” the military says.

The IDF says that these two plans “did not materialize as intended” due to operations of the Intelligence Directorate, Southern Command, and Shin Bet.

“For years, Izadi transferred weapons to support Hamas’s terror activities against the State of Israel and continued to do so in recent months. The documents now being revealed join many others uncovered during the war, attesting to Izadi’s role in funding and arming the Hamas terror organization,” the military adds.