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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Team to examine reports of digging sounds by residents of town near West Bank – report
A team has been formed to investigate reports of digging sounds from residents of Bat Hefer, an Israeli town situated hundreds of meters from the West Bank city Tulkarem and the village of Shuweika, the Ynet news site reports.
So far at least five sets of checks have been carried out without finding any tunnels.
According to Ynet, the team will be set up under the Israel Defense Force’s Central Command and will be made up of both military and civilian experts who will conduct situation assessments subject to emerging intelligence information or reports of the suspected presence of a tunnel.
The Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups have in the past dug attack tunnels into Israel across the Gaza and Lebanon borders, respectively.
