In defiance of international calls for a truce, Israel’s army declared that it had discovered a sizable Hamas tunnel while continuing its offensive in Gaza. The largest tunnel dug by Hamas to date has been found, according to the Israeli army, close to the Erez border crossing. Little cars could fit through the tunnel, according to AFP, a news agency.
Israel said that the tunnel took years to build and cost millions of dollars. It had a communications network, drainage, power, and trains.
With the Hamas attacks on October 7, the bloodiest Gaza war ever broke out, destroying a large portion of Palestinian territory and raising alarm throughout the world.
The health ministry in the Hamas-run region reported that scores more people died in Israeli strikes on Sunday. According to authorities, over 18,800 individuals have died in these strikes, the majority of them were women and children.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, promised “we will fight until the end. We will achieve all of our aims — eliminating Hamas, freeing all our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will not again become a centre for terrorism.”
The largest hospital in the region, Al-Shifa in Gaza City, was called a “bloodbath, with hundreds of injured patients inside, and new patients arriving every minute” by the UN World Health Organization.
On Telegram, nevertheless, Hamas claimed it was “against any negotiations for the exchange of prisoners until the aggression against our people ceases completely”.
