JERUSALEM, Israel – Seventy-five days into the Israel-Hamas war, Israeli troops are pushing south as Hamas terrorists shift their activity in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, some western military forces are banding together to protect trade routes under attack by another Iranian proxy in the Red Sea.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says the IDF is entering Hamas tunnels in northern Gaza to clean out what remains there.
“In the north of the (Gaza) Strip the activity is focused on the final clearing of the area in Gaza, and going underground to in-depth tunnels where we have found a very large cache of all sorts and significance, which will be revealed to the public,” said Gallant.
Hamas uses underground warfare as its strategy. The military claims to have uncovered some 1,500 tunnel shafts and underground passages since the beginning of the war, and most of them have been found under schools, hospitals, mosques, and United Nations facilities.
The IDF released video of the interrogation of Ahmad Kahalot, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya.
He described how he was recruited by Hamas in 2010. He also told how Hamas leaders use hospitals for military purposes, have offices there, and hide out
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