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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-873838
Security Expert: Hamas Terrorists Intentionally Stayed in IDF Zone
(Media Line-Jerusalem Post) Giorgia Valente - Israeli officials estimate that 100-200 Hamas terrorists are holed up in a tunnel network on the Israeli-controlled side of the "Yellow Line" in southern Gaza. For Israel, their fate has become a political red line. Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, sees Hamas as trying to reopen the ceasefire deal. "Hamas is trying to insert a new deal into an existing deal, and this is something Israel must reject, and I think the Americans understand that." "How is it that these 200 terrorists remained in an area under IDF control? Hamas knew the IDF was going to redeploy along the Yellow Line, and it knew exactly that the tunnel we are talking about is in a zone controlled by the IDF. So why weren't these terrorists evacuated in advance? That suggests that Hamas intended to use these terrorists to attack the IDF from within an area under Israeli control."