Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari admitted on Tuesday evening that some of the prisoners whose bodies were recovered today from Khan Yunis may have been killed in raids carried out by the army last March in the same area from which they were recovered.

Hagari expected to double operations in that area in light of the expectations of the presence of more bodies.

The Israeli army revealed that they were found in a 10-meter-deep tunnel with a long underground path, noting that the bodies were inside a loose concrete area inside the tunnel.

The Israeli army said that the rescue operation took place after a long battle in a residential area and in high-rise buildings, during which the forces carried out raids and sweeps that led to the elimination of the militants and the destruction of the infrastructure.