Sources reported that the Israeli occupation army announced the implementation of a wide-ranging field military operation in the southern areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting what it described as underground infrastructure. The military statement claimed that forces were able to dismantle a group of tunnels that extend for long distances and connect strategic areas in the Strip.
According to Israeli claims, the 188th Brigade of the Gaza Division led the field movements in the area east of the 'Yellow Line'. These movements come at a sensitive time, as the occupation attempts to impose a new security reality by destroying what remains of the military capabilities of Palestinian factions in those areas.
An Israeli occupation army statement indicated that the operation was carried out in close coordination with the 'Yahalom' unit, specialized in engineering and tunnels, where four separate routes were uncovered. Military sources claimed that the total length of these routes reaches approximately four kilometers, making them among the complex networks dealt with recently.
In additional details provided by the occupation, the army claimed that one of these discovered routes was designated for holding Israeli prisoners inside the Gaza Strip. The statement claimed that forces found logistical equipment inside the tunnel indicating its long-term use for hiding and securing detainees away from public view.
Israeli claims also included the discovery of equipped living quarters and field command centers belonging to what is known as the 'Khan Yunis Brigade' in Hamas. Sources stated that these locations served as a center for managing military operations and communication between field units of the resistance in the southern region.
The occupation army considered these sites part of a wide-ranging military infrastructure, emphasizing its continued handling of them as a direct security threat to its forces. These operations come within the occupation's strategy to clear and fully secure border areas from any potential offensive threats.
The army spokesperson claimed that the forces deployed in the southern Strip adhere to the framework of the existing ceasefire agreement, but continue what he described as 'removing immediate threats'. The occupation justifies its continuous breaches of relative calm by the necessity of neutralizing the offensive capabilities of Palestinian factions, both underground and above ground.
The eastern areas of the southern Strip are witnessing continuous tensions amid ongoing bulldozing and search operations carried out by the occupation, with Palestinian accusations of exceeding understandings. Field sources confirm that the occupation seeks through these announcements to achieve moral gains before its internal public regarding the issue of prisoners and tunnels.
One of the discovered routes was part of a network used to hold hostages inside the Strip.
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Occupation claims dismantling of 4-kilometer tunnel network south of Gaza Strip