WireSeptember 10, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says

NATALIE MELZER and JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas. The video shows a low, narrow passageway deep underground that had no bathroom and poor ventilation.

The discovery of the hostages’ bodies last month sparked a mass outpouring of anger in Israel and the release of the new video could add to the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas to bring the remaining hostages home.

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Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Tuesday the footage of the Gaza tunnel had been shown to the hostages’ families, and that it “was very hard for them to see how their loved ones survived in those conditions.”

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Melzer contributed from Nahariya, Israel.

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