Exposing the tunnels where hostages were held (Video: IDF spokesman)According to the IDF, the network of tunnels included many branches and was used for combat management and the passage of terrorists. In the depths of the military headquarters weapons were found as well as infrastructure for the production of weapons and rooms for emergencies. The network was connected to a shaft that reached the house of the commander of the northern division of Hamas, Ahmed Andor. An underground network went under the grounds of a school and a hospital, using them as a shield.
It was also reported that as part of an intelligence effort, led by Unit 504 in the Intelligence Division, the fighters located and rescued the bodies of five abductees from October 7 and brought them to an Israeli burial: Sergeant Major Ziv Dado, z"l, Sergeant Ron Sherman, z"l, Corporal Nick Beiser, z"l, Eden Zechariah, z"l, and Elia Toledano, z"l.
The findings were presented to the families by IDF representatives. We share in their grief and accompany them. The IDF, in cooperation with the other security organizations, continue to operate in a variety of intelligence and operational measures to return the abductees.
At the end of the mission, the forces destroyed the underground headquarters. The destruction of the headquarters in Jabalia is part of the effort to deal with Hamas's tunnel infrastructure and harm its senior commanders and strategic capabilities. This effort continues all the time, and is now also being carried out in Khan Yunis and the south of the Gaza Strip.
