According to a report in Israeli media, the military probe after hostates were found dead in Gaza suggested that Hamas lookouts were watching Israeli soldiers in real time.
According to a preliminary investigation conducted by the IDF into the murder of six hostages in a tunnel in Rafah, it appears that the lookouts stationed outside the tunnel identified the incoming Israeli soldiers. The approach likely led, by the Israeli public channel Kan 11, to the execution of six hostages and the escape of the terrorists.
The IDF found indications on the ground after the discovery of the bodies of the hostages, which suggested that Hamas lookouts were watching the Israeli soldiers in real time. These findings are consistent with the rescue of the bodies of the hostages in Khan Yunis last month, where IDF soldiers discovered the bodies of four terrorists killed by an Israeli strike near the wells leading to the tunnel.
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visited the tunnel in Rafah with the commander of the Southern Command, Major General Yaron Finkelman, and the head of the IDF’s hostage administration, Major General Nitzan Alon, to review the conduct of the Israeli forces on site.
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