The existence of the massive terror tunnel near the Erez Crossing that was revealed by the IDF earlier this week has been known by senior Israeli security and political officials for at least four years, Yediot Achranot reported on Thursday.
According to the report, senior defense officials say that the IDF has been aware of the location of the tunnel for years, but not its exact route, adding that it is likely there are dozens more such tunnels near the fence that have not yet been discovered.
Senior political officials confirmed that they were informed about the vast tunnel and that they participated in extensive discussions about Hamas’s tunnel infrastructure in recent years.
However, senior political officials made a decision not to carry out an attack on the Gaza Strip to thwart the construction of the tunnel system.
One of the former members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said that he participated in many discussions about the tunnels and the committee was presented with much information regarding them, including the giant tunnel only 400 meters from the Eretz Crossing.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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How is this news? There was a video of Sinwar driving through
They knew about it?
I knew about it!! Every few months, at most, there would be an article of some politician or someone in the military sounding the alarm on this and that. But they chose to ignore it the same way they are only passively dealing with Iran. I assumed that since they have access to the same media as me, that they saw it and were taking it seriously. October 7th blew that assumption out of the water.
They KNEW about this for YEARS?? Did NOTHING about it?? It’s 1973 all over again; they learned NOTHING!!
They are behind every calamity that has befallen us, they are responsible for the lives of all the people that were murdered on October 7 and all the Chayalim that are being murdered by Hamas. They have blood on their hands.