[IsraelTimes] TV says IDF identified and killed several Death Eaters attempting to infiltrate through tunnel and kill soldiers; Israel also said to have delayed truce to carry out major operation.
The Israel Defense Force foiled a major attack by Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, in the hours before the ceasefire went into effect, Channel 12 reported Friday, speculating that had the attack succeeded it could have derailed the truce.
According to the unsourced report, the IDF identified a Hamas cell as it made its way through an underground tunnel, apparently intent on emerging close to the Israeli border and attacking soldiers. The air force carried out a precision strike on the tunnel, killing the button men, the report said.
The report noted that with Israel’s newly completed underground barrier, the cell would not have been able to get into Israel and attack civilians, but would rather have emerged close to the border fence and fired on troops deployed at the border.
The IDF declined to comment on the report, but the TV channel noted that the information had been approved for release by the IDF censor.
Also Friday, Channel 12 reported that the ceasefire had been delayed by up to 48 hours to allow the IDF to carry out a final mission.
The report said it had no details on what that mission might have been and noted that Hamas may not even be aware it happened. If it was, it was not acknowledging it.
The report said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at the strike in a presser earlier Friday.
Netanyahu said that not everything regarding the outcome and impact of the Israeli strikes is yet known to the public, or even to Hamas: "We did daring and innovative things, without getting dragged into an unnecessary misadventure."
Netanyahu also said that although the terror group wanted to carry out many cross-border attacks — including at the tail-end of the operation — it was thwarted by Israel’s subterranean barrier, which has electronic sensors, which detected Death Eaters and enabled the IDF to "destroy" them.
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